These textbooks are, on the whole, small, presumably inexpensive to produce, but well set out and logically developed.(總體來說，這些教科書很小，成本應該也不高，但是內容陳述恰當，具有邏輯性。)

When one student behaves disgracefully, it reflects badly on the whole class, even the whole school.(一個學生的不光彩行為會給整個班級、甚至整個學校帶來很壞的影響。)

She was easy-going on the whole.(總的來說，她還是很隨和的。)

The two presidents agree with each other on the whole, but much remains to be discussed at the following meeting.(兩位總統大體上是持相同觀點的，但是有些觀點在之后的會議中仍有待討論。)

Our opinions are on the whole the same.(我們的意見基本上是一樣的。)

On the whole the celebrations were remarkably good-humored and peaceful. It seemed almost too good to be true.(大體上說，慶祝活動非常快樂祥和，似乎好得令人難以置信。)

It turns out that what would later have a notable influence on European music on the whole, was the way Bartók used elements he heard in folk songs in his own compositions.(我們發現，后來對整個歐洲音樂產生顯著影響的，是巴托克在自己的作品中使用他從民歌中聽到的元素的方式。)

On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.(總體來說，她生活儉樸，不事張揚。)

On the whole, however, even these laudatory critics showed themselves uninterested in the stories that this fiction told, or in their significance.(然而，總的來說，即使是這些表示贊美的評論家，也對小說所講的故事和小說的意義不感興趣。)

On the whole, his advice is good.(總的來講，他的建議很好。)