英语中的部分否定(即不完全否定)有如下一些表示方法:
entirely, altogether, completely 和quite 的否定式:“不完全……”,“并非完全……”例如:
The businessman is never to be entirely trusted. 不可以完全信任商人。
He felt not altogether satisfied. 他并不完全满意。
I don't agree completely. 我并不完全同意。
What he did was not quite proper. 他做的不十分妥当。