add up
add up
[phrasal verb]1
a : to be added together and equal the expected or correct total加起来（得到预期数目）— usually used in negative constructions通常用于否定结构
- The numbers just don't add up. [=they don't equal the expected total]这些数字加得不对。
b : to make sense : to seem to be logical or true说得通；合乎情理
- They must be lying; their story just doesn't add up.他们肯定在撒谎，他们的说法根本不合情理。
c : to slowly increase and become a large number or amount累积；慢慢增多
- A cup of coffee may only cost a dollar, but those dollars add up quickly.一杯咖啡或许只花一美元，但这一美元很快就会积少成多。
- I'm saving a little money each month. Eventually it'll add up.我每个月都存点钱。最终这笔钱会积少成多的。
- The hours that I spend traveling to work really add up.我花在上班路上的时间加起来真不少。
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add (something) up or add up (something) : to put together or count (the number or amount of something) to find the total加起来；计算总额
- Start by adding up how much money you have, and then add up your costs.先算算你有多少钱，再算算要花多少钱。
- Let's add up all of the money we saved.我们来算一下总共存了多少钱。
- When you add it all up, he's spent over half of his life in jail.算起来他大半辈子是在监狱里度过的。
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add up to (something)
a : to have (a number) as a total合计达；总计达
- The amount of money she spends on coffee adds up to $2.75 a day.她每天喝咖啡的花费加起来有2.75美元。
- That adds up to more than a thousand dollars a year.那样加起来每年会超过一千美元。
b : to produce (a specified result)产生（特定结果）
- These plans should add up to a very exciting vacation.按照这些计划应该能够度过一个非常好玩的假期了。
- With these three bands playing together, it all adds up to one of the year's best rock concerts.有这三支乐队同台献艺，这将成为今年最好的摇滚音乐会之一。
- All of the team's hard work didn't add up to a win.队员们的所有努力还是没能换来胜利
⇒ Main Entry: add
