amount
amountamount[əˈmaʊnt]a'mount to sth 1.■(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) 2.■to add up to sth; to result in a final total of sth总计；共计:The cost of the trip amounted to well over ￡500.这次旅行花费远远超过了500 英镑。The money I pay in tax and insurance contributions amounts to about 40% of my salary.交税和保险费用掉我工资的40%左右。[synonym]come to sth3.■to be equal to or the same as sth等于； 相当于:What they did amounted to a breach of contract.他们这样做等同于违约。It doesn’t matter whether I pay or my husband pays — it amounts to the same thing in the end.我付钱或我丈夫付钱无关紧要─最终反正都是一回事。It all amounts to a lot of hard work.这一切意味着大量艰苦的工作。[synonym]come to sth4.■if you say that sb/sth doesn’t amount to much, you mean that he/she/it is not very important(某人或事物)无足轻重，意义不大:He’ll never amount to anything.他决不会有出息。The information we have doesn’t amount to much.我们所掌握的情况意义不大。[synonym]add up to sth[G]v+prep
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