amount

[ə'maunt]

n.数量, 总额
vi.总计, 等于

n.[C][(+of)]

1. 总数; 总额

What is the amount we owe them?

我们总共欠他们多少钱?

2. 数量

We need a small amount of fuel.

我们需要少量的燃料。

vi.[W][(+to)]

1. 合计, 共计

The total cost of repairs amounted to US$100.

修理费用总计一百美元。

2. 相当于

Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing.

将他人之物占为己有等于偷窃。

3. 产生……结果

He'll never amount to anything.

他将来决不会有出息。

词形变化

动词过去式: amounted | 动词过去分词: amounted | 动词现在分词: amounting | 动词第三人称单数: amounts |

词义辨析

同义:

n.总额; 数量

sum  measure  quantity  value  price  

同义参见:

figure  volume  extent  expense  width  dose  proportion  breadth  number  cost  mass  lot  

英英释义

名词 amount:

how much of something is available

a quantity of money

同义词：sum, sum of money, amount of money

how much there is of something that you can quantify

同义词：measure, quantity

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

同义词：sum, total

动词 amount:

be tantamount or equivalent to

add up in number or quantity

同义词：total, number, add up, come

develop into

同义词：come, add up

短语词组

amount to

1. 总计为; 相当于

The bill amounted to $75.

帐单的金额总数为七十五美元。

补充

amountamount英:[əˈmaunt] 美:[əˈmaʊnt]n.1.量, 数量, 数额Large amounts of money were wasted.浪费了大量的钱。2.总额, 总数He owed me ￡１００ but could pay only half that amount.他欠我100英镑, 但是只能偿还总数的一半。vi.1.合计, 共计The bill amounts to 500.这张账单共计500美元。2.等同, 接近His words amounted to a threat.他的话实际上是威胁。

例句

1. the amount of bread that people buy人们购买面包的数量 2. a huge amount of rice大量的大米 3. He needs that amount of money to survive.他需要那样一笔钱来生存下去。 4. They have achieved a certain amount of success.他们已经取得了一定的成功。 5. We are under a certain amount of pressure.我们承受着一定的压力。 6. We've got any amount of space to store things in.我们有非常大的储物空间。 7. I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice.我随时都能弄到大量现金。 8. No amount of scrubbing will get that dirty mark out.无论怎样擦洗, 都无法去除那块污渍。 9. No amount of flattery is likely to change her mind.再多的奉承都不可能让她回心转意。 10. The amount spent on compensation claims has nearly doubled.花在索赔上的费用总额几乎翻了一番。 11. Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.邮政汇票的金额最高为700美元。 12. She repaid the full amount.她已全额偿还。 13. The total cost amounted to 10 billion pounds.总成本达到了100亿英镑。 14. The banks have what amounts to a monopoly.银行具有相当于垄断的地位。 15. This amounts to a refusal.这等于拒绝。 16. The bill amounts to$102.此账单共计102美元。 17. His failure to reply amounts to a refusal.他不予回答就等于拒绝。 18. It is stated differently but amounts to the same thing.那说法不同，而实际上是一回事。 19. With her intelligence,she should amount to something when she grows up.凭她的智力，她长大后必定有所作为。 20. It was the computer that amounted.真正有价值的还是那台电脑。 21. sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people.运动给许多人带来无穷乐趣。 22. the substance is harmless if taken in small amounts.这种物质如果只吃一点点是没有害的。 23. they have spent a colossal amount rebuilding the stadium.他们花巨资重建体育馆。 24. losses amounted to over 10 million pounds.损失总计超过1,000万英镑。 25. their actions amounted to a conspiracy.他们的行动简直是阴谋。 26. the second half produced any amount of action.下半场十分激烈。 27. no amount of talk is going to change anything.谈得再多也不会有任何改变。 28. I spent an enormous amount of time preparing for the exam.我花了很多时间准备考试。 29. I have a certain amount of sympathy with her.我相当同情她。 30. a large amount of money一大笔钱 31. You are requested to pay the full amount within seven days.你要在七天之内悉数付清。 32. The cost of the repairs amounted to £5000.修理费用共银5000英镑。 33. Whether I tell her today or tomorrow, it amounts to the same thing.我是今天还是明天告诉她，并没有分别。 34. The drug is not being produced in adequate amounts.这种药当下的产量不足。 35. They are not producing an adequate amount of the drug. [=they are not producing enough of the drug]他们没有足量生产这种药。 36. A considerable/fair/great/large/tremendous amount of research went into the report.这份报告包含了大量的研究成果。 37. Be sure to add the right amount of salt.确保加入适量的盐。 38. She spent amazing/enormous amounts of time planning her garden.她花了大量时间规划自己的花园。 39. There's a certain amount of truth to/in what you say. [=there is some truth in what you say]你所说的有一些是事实。 40. The new law limits the amount of money a candidate can spend.这条新法规限定了候选人竞选开销的金额。 41. We have any amount of available resources. = We have a large amount of available resources.我们有大量可用资源。 42. No amount of money can make up for their loss. [=money cannot make up for their loss]多少钱都不能弥补他们的损失。 43. What is the amount to be paid?该付多少钱？ 44. An amount was finally agreed upon.大家最终在钱数上达成了一致。 45. The new law limits the amount a candidate can spend.这条新法规限定了候选人竞选开销的金额。 46. "When he died we found he owed money to/in the amount of $250,000!"他死后，我们发现他欠债高达25万美元！ 47. He lost a large amount of money.他损失了一大笔钱。 48. a minimum amount of effort最少的努力 49. They provided only a small amount of information.他们只提供了少量信息。 50. There were a large amount of mistakes.有大量错误。 51. a large number of mistakes大量的错误 52. an increasing number of problems越来越多的问题 53. The bill amounted to 10 dollars.账单共计10美元。 54. They have debts amounting to thousands of dollars.他们欠债达几千美元。 55. The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.参加人员只有几百人。 56. The problems didn't amount to much. [=the problems were not very bad]问题没那么严重。 57. I don't think he'll ever amount to anything. [=achieve success]我认为他不会有什么成绩 58. acts that amount to treason相当于叛国的行为 59. Anything less than total victory would amount to failure/failing. [=would be the same as failure/failing]若非完胜无异于失败。