sums

英 [sʌmz]

美 [sʌmz]

n.  金额; 款项; 和; 总和; 总数; 全部，一切(尤指数量不大)
v.  归纳;总计;总结，概括
sum的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 款项;金额
  Asum ofmoney is an amount of money.
  1. Large sums of money were lost...
     损失了大笔钱财。
  2. Even the relatively modest sum of £50,000 now seems beyond his reach.
     现在即使是相对来说并不算多的 5 万英镑对他来说也是遥不可及的。
• N-COUNT 算术;简单计算
  Asumis a simple calculation in arithmetic.
  1. I can't do my sums.
     我算不出来。
• N-SING 和;总和;总数
  In mathematics,the sum oftwo numbers is the number that is obtained when they are added together.
  1. The sum of all the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
     三角形内角总和为 180 度。
• N-SING 全部;所有
  The sum ofsomething is all of it.
  1. 'Public opinion' is only the sum of the views of thousands of people like yourself...
     “舆论”只是所有像你一样的成千上万人的意见的总和。
  2. The sum of evidence points to the crime resting on them...
     所有证据都表明该犯罪乃他们所为。
  3. Has it, in its 30 years, added much to the sum of human happiness?
     30 年来，它为人类带来了更多幸福吗？
• See also:lump sum
• PHRASE 总之;总而言之
  You usein sumto introduce a statement that briefly describes a situation.
  1. In sum, the two countries are now true economic partners...
     总而言之，两国目前是真正的经济合作伙伴。
  2. It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
     总之，该情况毫无逻辑。
• PHRASE 个体相加不如集体的力量大;总体大于个体之和
  If you say that something ismore than the sum ofitspartsorgreater than the sum ofitsparts, you mean that it is better than you would expect from the individual parts, because the way they combine adds a different quality.
  1. As individual members' solo careers have proved, each band was greater than the sum of its parts.
     成员单飞后的发展证明，每个乐队的成员只有组合在一起才能创造出更大的成功。

双语例句

• I get a mental block every time I try to do sums in my head.
  每次我用心做算术题时，我的脑子就木了。
• The local government raised large sums for highway construction.
  地方政府为建设公路筹措了巨额款项。
• Few people have large sums of surplus cash
  几乎没人手头很富裕。
• So then we have integrals instead of sums.
  那么我们用积分代替求和。
• It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
  她暗中给爱尔兰共和军提供了大笔资助的事情即将曝光。
• The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
  航空公司投入了大笔资金购买噪音较小的新型飞机。
• Plainer examples of the early period do not fetch anything like these sums.
  早期更为普通的样本卖不到这种价钱。
• Credit cards can be handy — they mean you do not have to carry large sums of cash.
  信用卡很方便，有了它你就不用携带大量现金了。
• She's always borrowing my clothes and manipulating me to give her vast sums of money
  她老是向我借衣服，还千方百计地要我给她大笔大笔的钱。
• Our reporter Chris Loosemore sums up the findings.
  我们的记者克里斯·卢斯莫尔总结了这些发现。