complete /kəmˈpliːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( completing, completed, completes )

• 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 [强调]

  例：

  The house is a complete mess.

  这房子实在太乱了。

  例：

  The rebels had taken complete control.

  叛乱者已经取得了完全的控制。

  例：

  The resignation came as a complete surprise.

  该辞职来得十分意外。

• 2. 

  completely ADV 完全地

  例：

  Dozens of homes had been completely destroyed.

  数十家房屋已被完全毁坏了。

  例：

  Make sure that you defrost it completely.

  确保将其彻底除霜。

• 3. 

  ADJ You can use complete to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something and not just part of it. 整个的 [ADJ n] [强调]

  例：

  A complete apartment complex was burned to the ground.

  整座公寓大楼被烧成平地。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  The list may not be complete.

  这份清单可能不完整。

  例：

  ...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]

  例：

  ...the Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

  …威廉·莎士比亚全集。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  The work of restoring the farmhouse is complete.

  修复该农舍的工作完成了。

• 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. 使齐全 [no cont]

  例：

  Children don't complete their set of 20 baby teeth until they are two to three years old.

  孩子到两三岁时才长齐20颗乳牙。

• 8. 

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

  例：

  Peter Mayle has just completed his first novel.

  彼得·梅尔刚完成他的第一本小说。

• 9. 

  completion N-VAR 完成

  例：

  The project is nearing completion.

  该项目快完成了。

• 10. 

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

  例：

  She completed her degree in two years.

  她在两年内修完了学位。

• 11. 

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

  例：

  Simply complete part 1 of the application.

  只填写该申请表的第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

  例：

  The diary comes complete with a gold ballpoint pen.

  该日记本还配有一支金圆珠笔。