1.整体上说,总的来看
1.used for talking about the general situation
1.He first looked up in the air, as on the whole the likeliest quarter for a voice to come from in this desert, then around.
他先抬头看看，因为在这篇沙漠上，唯有那里可能传来声音。然后他向四周看了看。
2.On the whole, the sequence of midspan to pylons seems to be more favorable with respect to the wind stability.
从总体抗风稳定性而言，主梁采用从中跨跨中向两侧桥塔对称拼装的施工顺序则比较有利。
3.But on the whole, I don't see that this advances in any substantial way the coordination between different agencies.
但就整体而言，我看不到不同机构之间协调的实质性进展。
4.I hadn't mowed my grass and it was beginning to look really bad on the whole neighborhood, she said.
我没有刈草坪，我的草坪的确开始影响社区环境了，她说。
5.It had a few silver ornaments; though, on the whole, it would have been deemed a plain piece by most frontiersman.
它有几个银饰，从外表上看，大多数边区人都会把它当成是一支普通的武器。
6.But on the whole he seems to have done much better than some apocalyptic predictions before his election suggested.
但是总体而言，他比选举前那些悲观的预期要好很多。
7.The poor do not, on the whole, seem to love the colonel.
虽然整体上穷人看上去并不爱戴上校。
8.That, this patriot would be produced before them. That , his position and attitude were, on the whole, sublime .
这位爱国志士即将出庭作证，此人的立场和态度确属崇高伟大。
9.On the whole, it was more structured and less feisty, a bit like the first debate.
总体来说，这个环节更有条理，大家更冷静一些，与第一场辩论有点相似。
10.On the whole, he was glad to have the matter settled for him by her refusing to take seriously his wish to invite M. Riviere.
总的说来，梅拒绝认真考虑他邀请里维埃先生吃饭的要求而使事情这样了结，他感到高兴。