3ADV [notADV, ADVERB group](尤用于表示批评时)不是特别,并非完全 People sometimes use the expression not entirely to reduce the force of a strong statement, especially a critical one. (尤用于表示批评时)不是特别,并非完全 [vagueness]
They are not entirely happy with his criticism of the president.
他对总统的批评并没有让他们特别高兴。
We shall see that this is not entirely true.
我们会明白这并非全是真的。
She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected.
她声称失业率并非完全出乎意料。
This government is not entirely free of suspicion.