Word · Frequency #584
amount
总计;合计
to add up to a particular total
- 1.
be tantamount or equivalent to
等同于
- 2.
develop into
发展成为
- 3.
add up in number or quantity
总计达到
等于;相当于;成为;变成;等同于;发展成为;总计达到
In use
The total cost amounts to $500.
His unpaid leave amounted to two weeks.
All her efforts amount to nothing.
Verb forms
base amount · third person amounts · -ing amounting · past amounted · past participle amounted
规则动词,加-ed构成过去式和过去分词。
Connections
Collocations
- amount to
- 总计达;相当于
- The total cost amounts to over one million dollars.总成本高达一百多万美元。
- amount to nothing
- 毫无结果;等于零
- All his efforts amounted to nothing.他所有的努力都白费了。
- amount to the same thing
- 结果一样;没什么不同
- Whether you ask her or her manager, it amounts to the same thing.你问她还是问她的经理,结果都一样。
- amount to little
- 几乎无济于事;意义不大
- The initial savings amount to little once you factor in repairs.把维修费用算进去,最初省下的钱就意义不大了。
- amount to no more than
- 无非是;只不过
- His contribution amounts to no more than a few lines of code.他的贡献只不过几行代码。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
amount 听起来像 a mount(一座山):东西堆成一座山,加起来就是“总计达到”的数量。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:financial reports、formal written summaries、spoken explanations of totals 动词 amount 通常与 to 连用。表示“总计为”时比较中性,数字、费用等场景中常见;表示“等同于、相当于”时多用于正式或书面表达。具体使用场合可随搭配变化。
Grammar Note
不及物动词,与to连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
词尾 -ount 在 count、mount、surmount、account 中读 /aʊnt/,与 amount 押韵。注意两个形近词:mountain 虽含 -ount,但后面多出 -ain,读 /ˈmaʊntən/,不押韵;country 虽有 -ount,却读作 /ˈkʌntri/,其中 -ount 发 /ʌnt/,也不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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