•That'll be £52.50 altogether, please.一共是52.5英镑。

•The government ought to abolish the tax altogether.政府应该彻底取消这一税收。

•She wrote less and less often, and eventually she stopped altogether.她动笔的次数越来越少，最后完全停笔了。

•It's all right working with him, but living with him would be a different matter altogether.跟他一起工作还可以，但跟他一起生活可完全是另外一回事。

•I'm not altogether sure I want that (= I have doubts about it).我不能完全肯定我想要那个。

•He's bad-tempered, selfish and altogether (= including everything) an unpleasant man.他脾气暴躁，自私自利，总之很令人讨厌。

•I think Graham will agree, but convincing Mary will be altogether more (= much more) difficult.我觉得格雷厄姆会同意，但要说服玛丽就肯定难多了。

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