| 单词 | greater than the sum of its parts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreater (also more, less) than the sum of its parts P6. the sum of its parts: the combined effectiveness, impact, value, etc., that something would be expected to have on the basis of considering the merits of its individual parts or constituents. Chiefly in greater (also more, less) than the sum of its parts. ΚΠ 1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 695/1 In the world of art the whole is virtually greater than the sum of its parts, and the half is often more valuable than the whole. 1896 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 7 91 The ideal home is more than the sum of its parts. 1917 R. M. MacIver Community ii. i. 86 (heading) Community as ‘greater than the sum of its parts’. 1960 Civilisations 10 478 The UN is not greater than the sum of all of its parts or even at times equal to the sum of its parts. In the instant case—the Congo crisis—the UN is distinctly less than the sum of its parts. 2013 T. Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen 56 Something intangible happened when we got together, and we ended up producing music which was more than the sum of its parts. < as lemmas |
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