amount

quantity, amount, number, sum

名词 amount:

1. how much of something is available
2. a quantity of money
   同义词：sum, sum of money, amount of money
3. how much there is of something that you can quantify
   同义词：measure, quantity
4. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
   同义词：sum, total

动词 amount:

1. be tantamount or equivalent to
2. add up in number or quantity
   同义词：total, number, add up, come
3. develop into
   同义词：come, add up

1. The amount of unemployed capital is very large.
   未被利用的资金数量很大。
2. The railroad gives free transportation for a certain amount of baggage.
   铁路对一定数量行李免费运送。
3. It all amounts to a lot of hard work.
   那一切意味着大量艰苦工作。
4. A large amount of money is spent on advertisements every year.
   每年都要花费大量金钱在广告上。
5. My savings amount to $2000.
   我的储蓄共达2000美元。

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