英语词汇“to amount to something”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) intransitive. In positive contexts, in to amount to something: (esp. of a person) to turn out to be successful or important; to achieve success.

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1867 Harper's New Monthly Mag. July 161/1 If the entire population were to emigrate to the Western States,..it might be possible for their descendants in the course of time to amount to something.

1910 A. F. Goodrich Yardstick Man xviii. 315 He had amounted to something after all.

1980 A. Bennett Diary 18 Sept. in Writing Home (2003) 148 They do a run-through of the play..which is excellent, much better than I could have expected, and I begin to wonder whether it might amount to something.

2008 J. Speedy Narr. Inq. & Psychotherapy x. 175 She knew I was going to amount to something one day and then they'd all see.

单词	to amount to something
释义	> as lemmas to amount to something (b) intransitive. In positive contexts, in to amount to something: (esp. of a person) to turn out to be successful or important; to achieve success. ΚΠ 1867 Harper's New Monthly Mag. July 161/1 If the entire population were to emigrate to the Western States,..it might be possible for their descendants in the course of time to amount to something. 1910 A. F. Goodrich Yardstick Man xviii. 315 He had amounted to something after all. 1980 A. Bennett Diary 18 Sept. in Writing Home (2003) 148 They do a run-through of the play..which is excellent, much better than I could have expected, and I begin to wonder whether it might amount to something. 2008 J. Speedy Narr. Inq. & Psychotherapy x. 175 She knew I was going to amount to something one day and then they'd all see. extracted from amountv. < as lemmas
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