1. On the whole, people miss the opportunity to enjoy leisure. 大体上说，人们都渴望享受休闲时光的机会。
2. On the whole the celebrations were remarkably good-humored and peaceful. It seemed almost too good to be true. 大体上说，庆祝活动非常快乐祥和，似乎好得令人难以置信。
3. He liked them on the whole, and he told her about the beginning of fairies. 他大体上还是喜欢他们的，他告诉她关于仙子的起源。
4. The two presidents agree with each other on the whole, but much remains to be discussed at the following meeting. 两位总统大体上是持相同观点的，但是有些观点在之后的会议中仍有待讨论。
5. On the whole, however, even these laudatory critics showed themselves uninterested in the stories that this fiction told, or in their significance. 然而，总的来说，即使是这些表示赞美的评论家，也对小说所讲的故事和小说的意义不感兴趣。
