com‧pre‧hen‧sive W3 AC / kɒmprɪhensɪv◂ $ kɑm- / 形容词

1 including all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with 同义词 thorough :

We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products.

a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants

The following guidelines do not aim to be totally comprehensive.

comprehensive review/study/survey/account etc

a thorough and comprehensive review of the case

a comprehensive study of alcoholism ► Do not confuse with comprehensible (=able to be understood) or understanding (=sympathetic about people’s problems) : His report was barely comprehensible. | My parents are very understanding.

2 comprehensive insurance/cover/policy motor insurance that pays for damage whether it is caused by you or someone else

3 comprehensive education/system a system of education in Britain in which children of different abilities go to the same school and are taught together

— comprehensively 副词 :

No system has failed as comprehensively as the prison system.

— comprehensiveness 名词 [不可数名词]

COLLOCATIONS

comprehensive + NOUN

a comprehensive range of something The town has a comprehensive range of sporting facilities.

a comprehensive study/survey/assessment The report includes a comprehensive study of the company’s training needs.

a comprehensive account/report He wrote a fairly comprehensive account of the islands at that time.

a comprehensive guide You’ll need to have a comprehensive guide to university courses.

a comprehensive list Here is a comprehensive list of the good hotels in the area.

a comprehensive service Our professional staff provide a comprehensive service.

a comprehensive programme Your holiday will include a comprehensive programme of sightseeing trips.

a comprehensive approach He promised a comprehensive approach to health care reform.

a comprehensive picture The police still do not have a comprehensive picture of what happened.

comprehensive information The information we have is fairly comprehensive.

副词

fully comprehensive The report does not claim to be fully comprehensive.

fairly/reasonably comprehensive The available data on world population is reasonably comprehensive.

extremely comprehensive The instruction manual is extremely comprehensive.