| 短语 | amount to sth |
| 释义 | amount to sth 1. if figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together〔数量上〕达到，总计:•Time lost through illness amounted to 1,357 working days.因疾病而损失的时间总计为 1357 个工作日。2. if an attitude, remark, situation etc amounts to something, it has the same effect等于，意味着:•The court's decision amounts to a not guilty verdict.法庭的裁决等于是宣判无罪。•Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing .归根结底，他们的想法都是一回事。3. not amount to much / anything / a great deal etc to not be important, valuable, or successful没多大了不起（价值，成功等）:•Her academic achievements don't amount to much.她在学术上的成就没有多大价值。•Jim's never going to amount to much.吉姆永远不会有多大出息。aˈmount to sth1to add up to sth; to make sth as a total总计；共计His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum.据说他每年的酬金高达 30 万英镑。They gave me some help in the beginning but itdid not amount to much(= they did not give me much help).起初他们给了我一些帮助，但帮助不大。2to be equal to or the same as sth等于；相当于Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.她的答覆等于完全拒绝。Their actions amount to a breach of contract.他们的行为已属违反合同。It'll cost a lot—well, take a lot of time, but itamounts to the same thing.付出会很多 — 哦，得花大量时间，不过反正都是一回事。 |
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