| 词汇 | round up |
| 释义 | Idiom round upround up (someone/something) to gather people, animals, or things together into one place.Two dogs helped round up the sheep.Time to round everybody up! Dinner is ready! Phr V round up rounds, rounding, rounded round up sb/sth or round sb/sth up to find and gather together a group of people or animalsWe watched as the dogs rounded up the sheep.I asked Mum to round up the kids while I got our things together. round-up noun usually + ofThe president ordered the round-up and imprisonment of all opposition politicians. round up sth or round sth up to increase a number to the nearest whole or simple numberoften + toIt's $19.50 but we'll round that up to $20.00 round (someone or something) upTo gather or organize a group of people or things together. Would you mind rounding up the students so we can start the recital? We've rounded every product up that contains the toxic ingredient. round upTo use a higher or the next-highest number, especially so as to eliminate decimal places. (Usually done when the non-whole number is .5 or greater; lower than that, and the number would typically be rounded down.) A noun or pronoun can be used between "round" and "up." Most stores mark their prices at .99 instead of rounding them up to whole numbers. The accountant had been using the exact numbers from the sales data, while I had been rounding them up when doing my own calculations. round someone or something upto locate and gather someone or something. Please round the suspects up for questioning. The police rounded up the two possible suspects. round something up1. to collect a group of people or things; to organize people or things into a group. The cowboys rounded up the cattle for market. See if you can round some helpers up. 2. to change a number to the next higher whole number. (See also something">round off to something.) I rounded up 8.789 to 9. You should round $65.99 up to $66. round upCollect or gather in a body, as in We'll have to round up some more volunteers for the food drive, or The police rounded up all the suspects. This term comes from the West, where since the mid-1800s it has been used for collecting livestock by riding around the herd and driving the animals together. By about 1875 it was extended to other kinds of gathering together. round upv. 1. To herd some cattle together from various places: In the evening it's time to round up the herd. The ranchers rounded the younger cattle up to brand them. 2. To seek out and bring some people or things together; gather some people or things: We rounded up all of our neighbors to help clean the park. Go out and round the kids up for dinner. 3. To change some exact number to the nearest whole number above it: The statistician rounded 4.612 up to 5. When you take the test, round up your answers. |
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