| 词汇 | amount to something |
| 释义 | amount to somethingamount to something phrasal verbphr v a) TOTALif figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together 〔数量上〕达到，总计 Time lost through illness amounted to 1,357 working days. 因疾病而损失的时间总计为1,357个工作日。 b) BEif an attitude, remark, situation etc amounts to something, it has the same effect 等于，相当于 The court’s decision amounts to a not guilty verdict. 法庭的裁决等于是宣判无罪。 Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing. 归根结底，他们的想法都是一回事。 c) not amount to much/anything/a great deal etcUNIMPORTANT to not be important, valuable, or successful 没多少意义[价值，成就等] Her academic achievements don’t amount to much. 她的学习成绩不怎么样。 Jim’s never going to amount to much. 吉姆永远不会有多大出息。 Examples from the Corpus amount to the same thing• She may not have killed him herself, but helping Dave to do it amounts to the same thing.• And even if it is not significant, it has the potential to be so-which amounts to the same thing.• Charges often amount to the same thing.• Since it formed a halo over the puck, did that amount to the same thing?• When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing.• And literature will amount to the same thing: all writers are copycats. → amount to something at amount2(1) |
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