Picture drawing one big circle and finding that nothing you cared about is left outside it. A comprehensive report, list, or plan is one where you look for the gap and cannot find it. The word is not about being long or detailed for its own sake; it is about coverage — everything that belongs inside is inside. The two narrower uses (car insurance, British schools) are just that same circle drawn around a particular thing.
可以想成 comprehensive 的畫面是：畫一個大圈，然後你去找漏掉的東西，卻找不到。一份 comprehensive 的報告、清單或計畫，重點不在它有多長多細，而在「該收進來的都收進來了」。後面兩個比較窄的用法（車險、英國中學），感覺就是把同一個圈圈畫在某一件特定的事情上而已。
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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
comprehensiveadj/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/
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Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
- When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.
- Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.
comprehensivenoun/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/
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A comprehensive school.
- Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
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