核心词议：
adv. 总共；总计；总的来说
altogether 基本解释
adv. 全部地；完全地；总共；总而言之
n. 〈口〉裸体
n. 〈口〉裸体
速记方法
速记技巧 联想记忆法 al，全部；together，一起；记忆法全部一起就是“总的来说”。
知识扩展
习语积累 习语 n. in the altogether (old-fashioned, informal) 一丝不挂；赤身裸体 without any clothes on
词语辨析
altogether all together
Altogether and all together do not mean the same thing. Altogether means ‘in total’ or (in BrE ) ‘completely’.
altogether和all together含义不同。
altogether意为总共或完全地（英国英语）：
We have invited fifty people altogether. 我们共邀请了五十人。
I am not altogether convinced by this argument. 我不完全信服这一论据。
All together means ‘all in one place’ or ‘all at once’.
all together意为全部在同一地方或同一时间：
Can you put your books all together in this box? 你能把你的书都放进这个箱子里吗？
Let’s sing ‘Happy Birthday’. All together now! 咱们来唱“生日快乐”。现在一起唱！
中文词源
altogether 完全
来自复合词all together.
中文词源： altogether 完全 来自复合词all together. altogether
精选例句
1、 Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on earth, all but a few hundred of them extinct.
地球上总共大约有一万个这样的火山，除了几百个以外，其余的都是死火山。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether.
最后，我用我的第一个相机拍到了片场，但它完全失灵了。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 In addition, a growing share of young adult may be avoiding marriage altogether.
此外，越来越多的年轻人可能完全不结婚。
1、 Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.
他们没有完全放弃接受高等教育，而是选择了准入门槛较低的社区大学或州立学校。
1、 This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.
这可能意味着实施诸如塑料税之类的政策，这会增加环境问题行动的成本，或者完全禁止使用一次性塑料。
常见考点例句：
- But they should be banned altogether .
- 但它们应被完全禁止。
- This means that we miss our suffering altogether .
- 这就意味着我们一起错过了苦楚。
- Fearing mercury contamination , many pregnant women avoid seafood altogether .
- 由于担心汞污染，许多孕妇会干脆避免食用海鲜。
- The music industry will not abandon legal measures against piracy altogether .
- 总之，音乐产业为了维权将不会放弃法律措施。
- Altogether this year 290 cars have been torched in 227 cases of arson .
- 今年在227起纵火案中总共已有290台车被付诸一炬。
