Sum
[sʌm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the whole amount.
(noun.) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers.
(noun.) the final aggregate; 'the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered'.
(noun.) a quantity of money; 'he borrowed a large sum'; 'the amount he had in cash was insufficient'.
艾玛手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
(n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
(n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
(n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.
(n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
(v. t.) To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
(v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
(v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
校對:史蒂文
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount.[2]. Quantity of money.[3]. Summary, sum and substance.[4]. Question (in arithmetic), problem.
v. a. Add, add together, sum up, cast up.
布赖恩特編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Aggregate, total, example, problem, whole, amount, quantity, collection,substance, gist, tenor, height, completion, drift, bearing
ANT:Part, portion, item, imperfection, incompleteness, miscalculation,misinterpretation
克里斯整理
解釋/意思:
n. the amount of two or more things taken together: the whole of anything: a quantity of money: a problem in arithmetic: chief points: substance or result of reasoning: summary: height: completion.—v.t. to collect into one amount or whole: to count: to bring into a few words:—pr.p. sum′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. summed.—adj. Sum′less not to be summed or counted: incalculable.—ns. Sum′mer one who sums; Sum′ming the act of one who sums arithmetic; Sum′ming-up a recapitulation or review of the leading points a judge's summary survey of the evidence given to a jury before it withdraws to consider its verdict; Sum′mist one who makes a summary esp. a theological compendium.
格斯編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- For those days this was an enormous sum. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But remember what a large sum it is. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was the sum she had set aside to pacify her dress-maker--unless she should decide to use it as a sop to the jeweller. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This was the sum of my speech, delivered with great improprieties and hesitation. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The company was soon swamped with propositions for sale of territorial rights and with other negotiations, and some of these were accompanied by the offer of very large sums of money. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mr. Upton sums it all up very precisely in his remarks upon this period: What has now been made clear by accurate nomenclature was then very foggy in the text-books. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He sums up his mental condition when asked a question by replying that he don't know nothink. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Gutenberg spent 4,000 florins before the Bible was half done, and I do not see how he can ever repay me the sums I have advanced. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I burn with indignation, and I ache with fatigue, was the way Miss Rachel summed it up, when I think of Franklin Blake. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Our operations may be summed up in a few words. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. Justice Stareleigh summed up, in the old-established and most approved form. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- On the contrary, he was never more active than immediately after the work we have summed up at the beginning of this chapter. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The main facts relative to magnets may be summed up as follows:-- _a_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It is hardly to be marvelled at that such views should elicit warm protest, summed up in the comment: Mr. Edison and many like him see in reverse the course of human progress. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- That, said Joe, summing up with his judicial air, were the word of Biddy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Which,' said Mr Dorrit, summing up with judicial gravity, 'is to say, in other words, that there is something wrong in--ha--Amy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It appears to have knocked your friend over--knocked him completely off his legs,' Mr Inspector remarked, when he had finished his summing up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This was surely a summing of a year's exploration not less laconic than Caesar's review of his Gallic campaign. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Happily Van Alstyne prided himself on his summing up of social aspects, and with Selden for audience was eager to show the sureness of his touch. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
校對:托妮