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

amount

/əˈmaʊnt

noun

1A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent: sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts...

Well, if the universe is flat, this tells us something about the total amount of mass and energy in it.
The first period totalled up a paltry amount of three genuine opportunities.
If it is prolonged and performance is affected, this will affect the total amount of coverage we get.

Synonyms

quantity, number, total, aggregate, sum, quota, group, size, mass, weight, volume, bulk, load, consignment;

proportion, portion, part, dose, dosage

technical quantum

1.1A sum of money: they have spent a colossal amount rebuilding the stadium...

The government had set aside significant amounts of money to rebuild the city, but inflation meant that this was still not enough.
Drivers contribute huge amounts of money to the government through road tax, tax on car sales, and we all know about fuel duty.
In recent elections soft money has become a way for wealthy individuals to contribute large amounts of money to the political parties.

verb [no object] (amount to)

1Come to be (the total) when added together: losses amounted to over 10 million pounds...

Furthermore, every employee will be given a significant stake in the company, amounting in total to one-tenth of its value.
They amounted respectively to £151,065 (together with interest) and £127,000.
The exceptions are practically all African and Arab countries, amounting altogether to only a tenth of the world's population.

Synonyms

add up to, come to, run to, number, be, make, total, equal, be equal to, be equivalent to, represent, count as;

British tot up to

1.1Be regarded or classified as; be the equivalent of: their actions amounted to a conspiracy what this guy was doing clearly did amount to persecution...

But the tribunals' caseload amounted largely to dealing with deserters, known Confederate agents, and foreign nationals in Confederate service.
Instead, it was happy with the paper's ‘remedial action’, which amounted - five months after its front-page publication - to two mealy-mouthed paragraphs that offered no apology.
It amounted, one songwriter said, to ‘an admission of the claims made by the defenders of the pirates that publishers have been robbing the public.’

Synonyms

constitute, comprise, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, approximate to, add up to, come down to, boil down to;

signify, signal, mean, indicate, suggest, denote, point to, be evidence of, be symptomatic of

informal spell, spell out

literary betoken

1.2Develop into; become: you’ll never amount to anything...

So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
You doubt that who you are and what you've done with your life really amounts to much at times.
I hear much about how my sort of gabbling amounts to nothing but blaming the victim.

Phrases

any amount of

no amount of

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont 'upward', literally 'uphill', from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th century.

mountain from Middle English:
The Latin word mons ‘mountain’ was extended in French to create the ancestor of mountain. It is also the source of mount (Old English), paramount (mid 16th century) ‘highest’, and amount (Middle English). The story behind the proverb if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain, was told in 1625 by the philosopher Francis Bacon. Muhammad was once challenged to prove his credentials as a prophet by summoning Mount Safa to come to him. Inevitably, the mountain did not move in response to his summons, but Muhammad had a ready answer for this. He observed that if the mountain had moved it would have crushed him and all his followers to death. Therefore it was only right that now he should go to the mountain and give thanks to God for his mercy in sparing them all from this disaster. The phrase to move mountains means both ‘to achieve apparently impossible results’ and ‘to make every effort’. In the first sense it goes back to Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians: ‘And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.’ The contrast of size between mountains and molehills has been exploited since the late 16th century hence make a mountain out of a molehill.

单词	amount
释义	amount /əˈmaʊnt / noun 1A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent: sport gives an enormous amount of* pleasure to many people* the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts... Well, if the universe is flat, this tells us something about the total amount of mass and energy in it. The first period totalled up a paltry amount of three genuine opportunities. If it is prolonged and performance is affected, this will affect the total amount of coverage we get. Synonyms quantity, number, total, aggregate, sum, quota, group, size, mass, weight, volume, bulk, load, consignment; proportion, portion, part, dose, dosage technical quantum 1.1A sum of money: they have spent a colossal amount rebuilding the stadium... The government had set aside significant amounts of money to rebuild the city, but inflation meant that this was still not enough. Drivers contribute huge amounts of money to the government through road tax, tax on car sales, and we all know about fuel duty. In recent elections soft money has become a way for wealthy individuals to contribute large amounts of money to the political parties. verb [no object] (amount to) 1Come to be (the total) when added together: losses amounted to over 10 million pounds... Furthermore, every employee will be given a significant stake in the company, amounting in total to one-tenth of its value. They amounted respectively to £151,065 (together with interest) and £127,000. The exceptions are practically all African and Arab countries, amounting altogether to only a tenth of the world's population. Synonyms add up to, come to, run to, number, be, make, total, equal, be equal to, be equivalent to, represent, count as; British tot up to 1.1Be regarded or classified as; be the equivalent of: their actions amounted to a conspiracy what this guy was doing clearly did amount to persecution... But the tribunals' caseload amounted largely to dealing with deserters, known Confederate agents, and foreign nationals in Confederate service. Instead, it was happy with the paper's ‘remedial action’, which amounted - five months after its front-page publication - to two mealy-mouthed paragraphs that offered no apology. It amounted, one songwriter said, to ‘an admission of the claims made by the defenders of the pirates that publishers have been robbing the public.’ Synonyms constitute, comprise, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, approximate to, add up to, come down to, boil down to; signify, signal, mean, indicate, suggest, denote, point to, be evidence of, be symptomatic of informal spell, spell out literary betoken 1.2Develop into; become: you’ll never amount to anything... So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end. You doubt that who you are and what you've done with your life really amounts to much at times. I hear much about how my sort of gabbling amounts to nothing but blaming the victim. Phrases any amount of no amount of Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont 'upward', literally 'uphill', from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th century. mountain from Middle English: The Latin word mons ‘mountain’ was extended in French to create the ancestor of mountain. It is also the source of mount (Old English), paramount (mid 16th century) ‘highest’, and amount (Middle English). The story behind the proverb if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain, was told in 1625 by the philosopher Francis Bacon. Muhammad was once challenged to prove his credentials as a prophet by summoning Mount Safa to come to him. Inevitably, the mountain did not move in response to his summons, but Muhammad had a ready answer for this. He observed that if the mountain had moved it would have crushed him and all his followers to death. Therefore it was only right that now he should go to the mountain and give thanks to God for his mercy in sparing them all from this disaster. The phrase to move mountains means both ‘to achieve apparently impossible results’ and ‘to make every effort’. In the first sense it goes back to Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians: ‘And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.’ The contrast of size between mountains and molehills has been exploited since the late 16th century hence make a mountain out of a molehill. Rhymes account, count, fount, miscount, mount, no-account, surmount
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