Word · Frequency #11708
tally
符合;一致;吻合
To correspond or agree with something.
- 1.
To count something.
计数某物。
- 2.
To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
数学计算得出数值结果。
- 3.
To record something by making marks.
通过做标记记录。
- 4.
To make things correspond or agree with each other.
使事物相互对应或一致。
- 5.
To keep score.
计分。
- 6.
To correspond or agree.
对应或一致。
- 7.
To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
核对,如进出舱的货物包裹。
数;计数;计算;记录;标出;记分;核对;清点(货物)
In use
The receipts and the bank statement tally, so we can close the books.
The witness's story tallied with the security camera footage.
His description of the event tallies with what I saw.
Verb forms
base tally · third person tallies · -ing tallying · past tallied · past participle tallied
Connections
Collocations
- tally with
- (与……)相符;和……一致
- His account of events does not tally with hers.他对事件的描述与她的不一致。
- tally up
- 合计,结算
- She tallied up the sales figures for the month.她合计了本月的销售数字。
- tally the votes
- 清点选票
- Officials tallied the votes late into the night.官员们深夜清点了选票。
- tally exactly
- 完全相符
- The two reports tally exactly.这两份报告完全一致。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tally up
- 把……加起来,合计The waiter tallied up the bill and handed it to us.服务员把账单合计了一下,递给了我们。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:用刻痕一道一道计数(tally marks),最后核对两份记录,数目正好 tally(相符)。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:comparing accounts or figures、reconciling statements or reports tally 表示“符合、一致”时,正式程度会随用法变化:单独使用(如 The numbers tally)比较中性,而搭配 with(如 tally with something)或用于正式书面语时则偏正式。通常出现在核对数据、账目或比较说法等场景。
Grammar Note
注意及物与不及物用法差异。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tally 一样以 /æli/ 结尾并押韵。注意拼写相似的 ally(/əˈlaɪ/ 或 /ˈælaɪ/,盟友)、allay(/əˈleɪ/,缓解)和 allow(/əˈlaʊ/,允许)发音都与 tally 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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