comprehensive
adj
1 that includes (nearly) everything (几乎)包罗万象的; 全面的
a comprehensive description, account, report, etc 全面的描述、 叙述、 报道等
She has a comprehensive grasp of the subject. 她已全面掌握了这一学科. 2 (Brit) (of education) for pupils of all abilities in the same school (指教育)(具有不同能力的学生)同在一校的, 综合的. comprehensive, n (Brit infml 口) comprehensiveschool 综合学校.
Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets?