a.mount
n.Abbr. amt.(名词)缩写 amt.
The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
合计,总额:两个或两个以上数量的总和;合计
A number; a sum.
数字;总数
A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
本利之和:贷款的本金加利息
The full effect or meaning; import.
全部效果,全部含义;重要性
Quantity:
数量:
例句:
a great amount of intelligence.
非常聪明
v.intr.(不及物动词)
a.mount.ed,a.mount.ing,a.mounts
To add up in number or quantity:
总共,合计:数字或数量加在一起:
例句:
The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
买东西总共花了50美元
To add up in import or effect:
等同,接近:重要性或效果相当于:
例句:
That plan will never amount to anything.
那个计划无关紧要
To be equivalent or tantamount:
等于,如同:
例句:
accusations that amount to an indictment.
等同于是起诉的控告
来源:
From Middle English amounten [to ascend]
源自 中古英语 amounten [上升]
from Old French amonter
源自 古法语 amonter
from amont [upward]
源自 amont [向上]
from Latin ad montem [to the hill]
源自 拉丁语 ad montem [到山上]
ad [to] * see ad-
ad [到] *参见 ad-
môns mont- [hill] * see men- 2
môns mont- [山] *参见 men- 2