on the whole

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

But, on the whole, protectionism has not been a hallmark of this economic downturn.

但总体而言，保护主义并不是此次经济衰退的一个特征。

Only by focusing on the whole experience and daring to break out of its own mold will Facebook maintain momentum and growth.

只有专注于整体体验并勇于突破自我才能长盛不衰。

On the whole such a conclusion can be drawn with a certain degree of confidence. . .

总的来说，得出这样的结论是有一定的把握的…

Obviously, the effective index is not just a material property, but depends on the whole waveguide design.

有效折射率不仅仅是一种材料的性质，它也依赖于整个波导的设计

On the whole, the big-screen hit turns out to be not a fox that knows many things, but a hedgehog that knows one big one.

总的来看，热门电影不是知道很多事的狐狸，而是知道一件大事的刺猬。（此比喻源自古希腊诗人阿寄洛克思。）

And, on the whole, the threat of religious extremism with which strong men used to justify repression has not materialised.

总的说来，铁腕领导人用来证明其镇压行为正当的宗教极端主义威胁并未出现。

However, today' s audience research does not seem to continue such achievement, but lack in breakthroughs of new theory on the whole.

不过，今天的受众研究似乎没有延续其辉煌，就整体而言，欠缺新的理论突破。

Interestingly, upon hindsight today, despite her faults, many historians view her to had been a capable and attentive leader on the whole.

有趣的是，时至今日，事后觉醒，尽管她曾有过错，许多历史学家视武则天为一位贤明并且细心的君主。

Everybody has own music for like, but I to a song is 100 hear be disgusted with, its song is to have no tomorrow on the whole!

每个人都有自己喜欢的音乐，而我对一首歌是百听不厌，它的歌名是就算没有明天！

It was on the whole a rare amusement, which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation.

总的说来，这是一种少有的欢乐，纵然继续得太久了，也要引起虚掷光阴的损失。