英语词汇“add up”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

add up

释义

Idiom

add up (to something)

Theme: SIGNIFY

to mean something; to signify or represent something; to result in something.

All this adds up to trouble!I don't understand. What does all this add up to?If you think about it carefully, these facts add up perfectly.

Idiom

add up (to something)

Theme: CALCULATION

to total up to a particular amount.

The bill added up to $200.These groceries will add up to almost sixty dollars.These numbers just won't add up.

Idiom

add up

to be reasonable.

His story of what happened to him just doesn't add up.

Usage notes: usually used with not, as in the example

to increase in expense.

With five kids in the family, our medical bills really add up.

Phr V

add up

adds, adding, added

add up (sth) or add (sth) up

to calculate the total of two or more numbers

If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £500.Kids who only ever use calculators to do sums quickly forget how to add up in their heads.

add up

(never in continuous tenses) slightly informal to increase and become a large number or amount

If you put a few pounds away each week, it's surprising how quickly it adds up.You may only be eating a hundred calories here and a hundred calories there, but it all adds up.

to be a reasonable or likely explanation for somethingoften negative

So why would she accept a job offering less money and fewer prospects; it just doesn't add up.

phraseadd up1. add up sth • add sth up • add up to calculate the total of several numbers or amounts: The waiter took our bill away and added it up again. It is extraordinary how often professional golfers add up their scores incorrectly. As children we are all taught how to read, write, and add up.2. add up usually negative if calculations or total amounts add up, they seem correct: The sums just didn't add up. Someone had obviously made a mistake. The CIA began noticing that North's sales of weapons and the money received from Iran did not add up. $3.5 million was missing3. add up if something adds up, it seems likely to be true or correct: The facts all seemed to add up. He was the only person who could have carried out the murder.it adds up If she hates him so much, why is she helping him? It simply doesn't add up.■ SIMILAR TO: make sense4. add up if small amounts or numbers add up, they produce a big total, especially one that is surprisingly big: If you eat sweets and snacks every day, the calories soon add up. The number of killed and wounded was starting to add up, and the captain refused to risk the lives of any more of his men.■ SIMILAR TO: mount up5. add sth up • add up sth to consider all the facts about something or all the advantages and disadvantages, in order to form an opinion about it: When I add everything up, I think I'm better off working from home.■ SIMILAR TO: weigh up

add up

1. To calculate the sum or total of multiple items. Can you add up these numbers? I'm worried I made an error in my calculations.

2. To equal the expected or presumed amount. These numbers just aren't adding up—I think I made a mistake somewhere.

3. To be logical or believable. I listened to Jill's explanation, but I'm still skeptical—something just doesn't add up.

4. To become a significant amount. Usually used in reference to increasing expenses. With all of the driving I do for work, the cost of gas and maintenance really starts to add up. It will take a while for you to become a master, but all this practice really does add up.

5. To judge someone or something As I waited for my interview to start, I studied the other candidates and added up my competition.

add something up

to sum or total a set of figures. (See also (to something)">add up (to something).) Please add these figures up again. I didn't add up these figures!

add up

(to something)

1. Lit. [for a set of figures] to equal a total. These figures don't add up to the right total!

2. Fig. [for facts or explanations] to make sense. (Considering facts as if they were figures.) Your explanation just doesn't add up!

add up

1. Amount to an expected or correct total, as in These figures don't add up, meaning they are not correct. [Mid-1800s]

2. Be consistent, make sense, as in I'm not sure that all this testimony will add up. [First half of 1900s]

3. Assess, form an opinion of, as in He looked across the track and added up the competition. Also see add up to.

add up

1. To calculate a sum by adding some set of numbers: The students added up the numbers they had copied from the blackboard. If you add all the scores up, we'll find out who won.

2. To calculate something, especially by addition: The shopkeeper added up the day's profits.

3. To amount to an expected total: Unfortunately, when we put the numbers into the equation, they did not add up.

4. To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The jury did not believe the witness's testimony because it simply did not add up.

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