1. 用于否定句中构成的是部分否定。如：
His work was not entirely satisfactory. 他的工作并非完全令人满意。
To be fair, he wasn’t entirely to blame. 说句公道话，这不能全怪他。
2. 一般不与 very 连用，但可以与 almost 连用。如：
他对自己所做的事差不多全忘了。
误：He had very entirely forgotten what he had done.
误：He had forgotten what he had done very entirely.
正：He had almost entirely forgotten what he had done.
与单词：entirely 相关的例句或者名人名言
A radioactive atom could transmute itself into an entirely different kind of atom.
放射性原子本身能嬗变为性质完全不同的另一种原子。
2. The factory was entirely crippled by the strike.
罢工使这个工厂完全瘫痪了。
All the places and characters in my novel are entirely fictitious.
我这篇小说中所有的地点和人物都是虚构的。
It's entirely pure research.
这完全是纯理论研究。
※No artist of performer can entirely escape the lure of fame and its promise of endless admiration and respect, but there is a heavy price one must pay for it.——Howads Mesvin, American essayist没有一位艺术家或表演家能完全逃避荣誉的引诱， 荣誉给他们带来无穷的赞扬和崇敬，但他们要付出的代价也是非常昂贵的。美国散文家 麦尔文.H.
