| 釋義 |
amount /a'maont; a'maunt/ vi [VP3A] ~ to, add up to; be equal to: 總計; 共達; 等于: His debts ~ to £5000. 他的債務(wù)共達五千鎊。 What he said ~ed to very little indeed, didn't mean much, wasn't important. 他所說的話并不重要。 Riding on a bus without paying the fare ~s to (= is the same thing as) cheating the bus company. 乘公共汽車不付車資等于欺騙公共汽車公司。 It ~ to this, that.... It means that.... 那就是說…。 n 1 total; whole: 總額; 總數(shù): He owed me £100 but could pay only half that ~, could only pay £50. 他欠我一百鎊,但是只能償還總數(shù)的一半(即五十鎊)。 2 [C] quantity: 數(shù)量: A large ~ of money is spent on tobacco every year. 每年都要花費大量金錢在煙草上。 There is still quite an ~ of prejudice against him. 人們對他尚有相當(dāng)大的偏見。 any ~ of. large quantity: 大量: He has any ~ of money, is very rich. 他的錢不可數(shù)計(極富有之意)。 in targe/small, etc ~s, large/ small, etc quantities at a time. 大量地; 大宗地; 大批地(小額地等)。 |