| 单词 | to sum up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sum up to sum up 1. a. transitive. To find the sum or total number or amount of; to add up. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE arimec885 atellc885 talec897 i-telle971 tellOE readc1225 reckon?c1225 aima1375 numbera1382 denumber1382 accounta1393 casta1400 countc1400 umberc1400 ascribe1432 annumerate?a1475 to sum upa1475 annumbera1500 ennumber1535 reckon?1537 tally1542 compute1579 recount1581 rate1599 catalogize1602 to add up1611 suma1616 enumeratea1649 numerate1657 to run up1830 to figure out1834 figure1854 to count up1872 enumer1936 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 540 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 316 Tyl countes also þer-on ben cast, And somet vp holy at þo last. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. v. 34 I cannot sum vp sum of halfe my wealth. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. v. 19 Not regarding how each bill is summed up. 1792 D. Stewart Elem. Philos. Human Mind I. ii. 114 An expert accountant..can sum up, almost with a single glance of his eye, a long column of figures. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. vii. 144 When the Voting is done, and Secretaries are summing it up. 1944 Elem. School Jrnl. 45 32/1 Figures were used to sum up the number of bundles and single sticks, and these were checked with the number of dimes and pennies that the driver had in his purse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > amount to or total makeOE amountc1350 be?c1425 draw1425 numbera1450 numbera1586 to sum up1597 give1634 mount1639 tantamount1659 compute1667 muster1810 total1859 subtotal1906 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 22, in Ess. The howre doth rather summe vp the moments then deuide the day. 1883 Cent. Mag. July 429/2 Two hundred and eighty three deaths summed up an official record that was confessedly incomplete. 2. transitive. To form an opinion or estimate of (a person); (now) esp. to summarize the qualities or character of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > take the measure of measure?a1425 gauge1583 to sum up1631 measure1684 to touch off1766 to take (also get) the measure of1790 to get (also take, etc.) a person's number1853 reckon1853 to put up1864 size1884 to weigh up1894 to read the room1975 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion > of quality, character, etc. resolve1613 to sum up1631 to take (also get) the measure of1790 size1884 to weigh up1894 size1896 1631 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court II. 416 It seemeth that Sidonius Appollinaris had studied him [sc. the emperor Anastasius] and summed him vp euen to the haires of his head, when in the second Epistle of his first booke, he so curiously describeth him. 1764 J. Francis Refl. Moral & Relig. Char. David i. i. 41 From the Manner in which he summed up David's Character, there is great Reason to believe that he was a pious, good Man. 1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady i. viii. 81 She stood..looking back at him over her shoulder, summing him up with a little introspective nod. 1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance (1948) v. 65 That woman was a thruster if I ever saw one. Didn't take the Old Gent long to sum her up. 1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder ii. 24 A mouse—that just about sums you up. 2009 Daily Tel. 15 May 35/1 She had a Jane Austenish ability to sum up people with caustic one-liners. 3. a. transitive. To state the main or essential points of (something) in a short or clear form; to summarize or express succinctly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xv. 316 When..the Spanish Embassadour..had summed up the effect thereof in a Tetrastich, she instantly in one verse rejoined her answer. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 158. ⁋2 I have a great deal more to say to you, but I shall sum it up all in this one Remark. 1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 64 To sum it all up: he is true, kind, manly, honest. 1981 R. D. Edwards Corridors of Death (1991) i. 1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer summed up the discussion with a smoothness and wit which efficiently masked his fury. 2014 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 27/4 Hoggart modestly summed up his own biography by saying that he moved from being a promising newcomer to a clapped-out old has-been. b. intransitive. Used in the infinitive as an introductory statement: to summarize what has been previously written or said; to state a matter briefly or succinctly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > make summary or epitome [verb (intransitive)] suma1398 abstract1596 epitome1596 to wind upa1766 summarize1808 to sum up1899 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 667 To sum up; in the treatment of a case of intracranial tumour, the first object [etc.]. 1984 G. Vanderhaeghe My Present Age (1986) ii. 16 To sum up, she was everything I wasn't; assured, idealistic, ungrubby. 2000 N.Y. Press 29 Mar. i. 8/4 To sum up: ADHD is a nebulous condition with dubious credentials, promoted by the APA and the drug industry. 4. Of a judge (or sometimes counsel) in a court of law. a. transitive. To summarize the (evidence) of a legal case for the jury; to give a summary of the main facts and arguments of (a legal case) before the jury considers its verdict. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > sum up to sum up1646 1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 49 The Arch-bishop..was brought to the Commons Bar, where Mr. Sam. Brown in his presence summed up the evidence given in against him before the Lords. 1788 Profetic Hist. Daniel (Medit. vii. 13–14) 48 They have heard my Lord Judge sum up the evidences against the trembling malefactor at the bar. 1881 W. B. Odgers Digest Law Libel & Slander 550 Actions of defamation are often compromised before the judge comes to sum up the evidence. 1969 Ann. Surb. Afr. Law 3 157 After the accused or his counsel had summed up his case and commented in reply, counsel for the prosecution was entitled to reply upon the whole case. 2011 Plymouth Herald (Nexis) 5 Dec. 9 The judge..has begun to sum up the case to the jury, offering them an alternative verdict of manslaughter if they can not agree upon the charge [of murder]. b. intransitive. To give a summary for the jury of the main facts and arguments of a legal case. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > sum up to sum up1784 1784 Morning Herald 9 Aug. The Judge then summed up, and told the Jury they must at all events convict the Defendant. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 642 He summed up in the same style,..and reminded the jury that the prisoner's husband had borne a part in the death of Charles the First. 1925 Calif. Law Rev. 13 306 Then comes the last speech of the prosecution to the jury reviewing all the facts of the case. Finally the judge sums up. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates v. 162 The judge has begun to sum-up to the jury. < as lemmas |
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