| 单词 | sum |
| 释义 | noun | verb sumsum1 /sʌm/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 1MONEY [countable] an amount of money: sum of The house was sold for the sum of $1.1 million. He had invested a large sum of money.a large/small/substantial etc. sum One hundred dollars was a considerable sum in those times. → see also lump sum, princely sum/fee/price etc. at princely (1)2TOTAL [countable] math the total produced when you add two or more numbers or things together: sum of The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180°.3CALCULATION [countable] math a simple calculation done by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing4greater/more than the sum of its parts having a quality or effectiveness as a group that you would not expect from the quality of each member separately5in sum used before a statement that gives the main information about something in a few simple words: In sum, we need to cut costs.[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French summe, from Latin summa, from summus highest] → see also sum total noun | verb sumsum2 ●●○ AWL verb (summed, summing) sum up phrasal verb1 to give the main information contained in a report, speech, discussion, etc. in a short statement at the end SYN summarize: To sum up, exercise and diet are equally important.sum something up In your final paragraph, sum up your argument.2 sum something ↔ up to describe something or show its typical qualities using only a few words, pictures, etc.: The city’s problem can be summed up in three words: too many people. That image sums up the whole movie.3 sum something ↔ up if a lawyer or judge sums up at the end of a trial, he or she explains the main facts of the case4 sum something ↔ up to form a judgment or opinion about someone or something: Pat summed up the situation at a glance.5that (about) sums it up spoken used to say that you have said everything that is important about a subject → see also summation |
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