amount

[ə'maunt]

n.数量, 总额
vi.总计, 等于

例句与用法:

The amount of unemployed capital is very large.

未被利用的资金数量很大。

The railroad gives free transportation for a certain amount of baggage.

铁路免费运送的行李是有一定数量的。

It all amounts to a lot of hard work.

那一切意味着大量艰苦工作。

A large amount of money is spent on advertisements every year.

每年都要花费大量金钱在广告上。

My savings amount to $2000.

我的储蓄共达2000美元。

词形变化:

动词过去式: amounted | 动词过去分词: amounted | 动词现在分词: amounting | 动词第三人称单数: amounts |

详细释义:

n.[C][(+of)]

1. 总数; 总额

What is the amount we owe them?

我们总共欠他们多少钱?

2. 数量

We need a small amount of fuel.

我们需要少量的燃料。

vi.[W][(+to)]

1. 合计, 共计

The total cost of repairs amounted to US$100.

修理费用总计一百美元。

2. 相当于

Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing.

将他人之物占为己有等于偷窃。

3. 产生……结果

He'll never amount to anything.

他将来决不会有出息。


短语词组:

amount to

1. 总计为; 相当于

The bill amounted to $75.

帐单的金额总数为七十五美元。