Lock, Stock and Barrel——全面

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    ** completely; including everything; the whole thing; entirely
    ~~ 全面；徹底；全盤；完全地；全部地；所有一切；一股腦；全部家當；徹徹底底
    ~~ hook, line and sinker; alpha and omega; whole nine yards; whole kit and caboodle; whole enchilada; from top to bottom; whole ball of wax; whole shebang
    !! This expression meant all three parts of a gun -- the lock or firing mechanism, the stock or handle, and the barrel or tube.
    這個表達意味着槍所有的三個部分——槍鎖或扳機，即發射機制，槍託或手柄，以及槍管或管筒。
    !! Sir Walter Scott wrote a letter (1817) including: "Like the Highlandman's gun, she wants stock, lock, and barrel, to put her into repair."
    Walter Scott 爵士一八一七年寫了一封信，其中寫道：“就像高地人的槍，她想要槍託、槍鎖和槍管來修理。”
    !! The expression might also be rooted in the lock on a country store's door, the stock or goods inside the store, and the barrel on which business was often transacted.
    這個表達可能也源於鄉村商店門口的鎖、商店內的貨物或商品，以及經常進行交易的桶。
    >> The company isn't just adopting AI for a few features; it's rebuilding its entire corporate strategy around it, lock, stock, and barrel.
    該公司採用人工智慧並不是只為實現某些功能，它正在全面重建其整個企業策略。
    >> The new government is overhauling the country's security policy, lock, stock, and barrel.
    新政府正在徹底改革國家的安全政策。

    學勤教育中心英語專科導師
    李啟文  教授