whole·sale/`holˏsel; ˈhəʊlseɪl/ adj 1 connected with the sale of goods in large quantities, usually at low prices 批发的: wholesale prices 批发价 2 very great and affecting large areas, numbers of people etc, and usually having a very bad effect 大规模的〔一般产生坏的影响〕: the wholesale destruction of the rainforest 热带雨林的大规模毁坏