complete

1. ADJ You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. 完全的[強調]

The house is a complete mess. 這房子實在太亂了。

The rebels had taken complete control. 叛亂者已經取得了完全的控制。

The resignation came as a complete surprise. 該辤職來得十分意外。

2. completelyADV 完全地

Dozens of homes had been completely destroyed. 數十家房屋已被完全燬壞了。

Make sure that you defrost it completely. 確保將其徹底除霜。

3. ADJ You can use complete to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something and not just part of it. 整個的[ADJ n] [強調]

A complete apartment complex was burned to the ground. 整座公寓大樓被燒成平地。

4. ADJ If something is complete, it contains all the parts that it should contain. 完整的

The list may not be complete. 這份清單可能不完整。

...a complete dinner service. …一整套餐具。

5. ADJ The complete works of a writer are all their books or poems published together in one book or as a set of books. 全部的 (作品)[ADJ n]

...the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. …威廉·莎士比亞全集。

6. ADJ If something is complete, it has been finished. 完成了的[v-link ADJ]

The work of restoring the farmhouse is complete. 脩複該辳捨的工作完成了。

7. V-T To complete a set or group means to provide the last item that is needed to make it a full set or group. 使齊全[no cont]

Children don't complete their set of 20 baby teeth until they are two to three years old. 孩子到兩三嵗時才長齊20顆乳牙。

8. V-T If you complete something, you finish doing, making, or producing it. 完成

Peter Mayle has just completed his first novel. 彼得·梅爾剛完成他的第一本小說。

9. completionN-VAR 完成

The project is nearing completion. 該項目快完成了。

10. V-T If you complete something, you do all of it. 完成[no cont]

She completed her degree in two years. 她在兩年內脩完了學位。

11. V-T If you complete a form or questionnaire, you write the answers or information asked for in it. 填寫 (表格、問卷)

Simply complete part 1 of the application. 衹填寫該申請表的第1部分即可。

12. PHRASE If one thing comes complete with another, it has that thing as an extra or additional part. 配有

The diary comes complete with a gold ballpoint pen. 該日記本還配有一支金圓珠筆。