核心畫面

One way to picture it: a net thrown wide enough that nothing gets left outside it — whatever you are dealing with, you take in the whole of it, not a corner.

撒出去的網夠大,該罩住的東西一個都沒漏在外面。做一件事時不是挑一角來處理,而是把整片範圍都涵蓋進來——所有必要的事實更多收起撒出去的網夠大,該罩住的東西一個都沒漏在外面。做一件事時不是挑一角來處理,而是把整片範圍都涵蓋進來——所有必要的事實、細節、問題,全都在網子裡面。comprehensively 就是「以這種不留缺口的方式」去做某件事。

From the word’s history

From comprehensive + -ly; comprehensive traces back to Latin comprehendere 'to seize or grasp together' (com- 'together' + prehendere 'to seize'), the same root as comprehend.

comprehensively 是 comprehensive 加上副詞字尾 -ly。comprehensive 往上追到拉丁文 comprehendere,字面是「一把抓在一起」(com- 一起 + prehendere 抓住),跟 comprehend 同源。這個「一把全抓住」的手勢,正好解釋了為什麼現代的 comprehensively 指的是「涵蓋到不剩下什麼」。

Wiktionary entry for comprehensive / comprehend (Latin comprehendere, com- + prehendere)

Two branches

涵蓋到不留缺口(一般用法)

這一支就是核心畫面本身:網子撒開,範圍全罩。

thoroughly, in full · r · C1

In a way that includes all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with.

全面地

保險與制度:把「全部涵蓋」寫進規則裡

當「不留缺口」不再只是形容做事的態度,而被寫成一份保單或一套教育制度的設計原則時,同一張網就變成了正式的涵蓋範圍。差別只在於:這裡的「全都罩住」是有人明文規定好的,不是臨場的努力程度。

fully covered (insurance) · r · C1

In a way that covers damage to a vehicle whether you caused it or someone else did, used about motor insurance.

全險地

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

comprehensivelyadv

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    In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.

    • Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.
    • This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。