whole·sale /ˈholˌsel/
 批發(a.)批發的,大規模的,全部的(ad.)大規模,照批發方式(vi.)經營批發業
 wholesale
 批發
 Whole·sale, a.
 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.  “A time for wholesale trust.”
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 Whole·sale n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
 By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination.
    Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale.   --I. Watts.
 wholesale
      adj 1: selling or related to selling goods in large quantities for
             resale to the consumer; "wholesale prices"; "a
             wholesale produce market" [ant: retail]
      2: ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations";
         "wholesale destruction" [syn: sweeping]
      n : the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large
          quantities for resale to consumers [ant: retail]
      adv 1: at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" [ant:
              retail]
      2: on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food
         wholesale" [syn: in large quantities]
      v : sell in large quantities [ant: retail]