total
n. 總數
adj. 總的; 完全的
v. 總數達; 計算…的總和; 徹底毀壞
A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group.
The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.
這些公司總計有 1,776 名員工。
The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it.
They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand…
他們說患瘋牛病死亡的牛的總數將達 2 萬頭。
The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.
該專案的總成本會超過 2.4 億美元。
If there are a number of things in total, there are that number when you count or add them all together.
I was with my husband for eight years in total...
我和丈夫在一起的時間總共有 8 年。
In total, 45 per cent of adults in Britain are exposed to tobacco smoke at home.
英國總計有 45% 的成人在家裡遭受到菸草煙霧的侵害。
If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things.
The unit's exports will total $85 million this year...
該部門今年的出口總額將達 8,500 萬美元。
They will compete for prizes totalling nearly £3,000.
他們將為總額近 3,000 英鎊的獎金展開爭奪。
When you total a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together.
They haven't totalled the exact figures.
他們還沒有對確切資料進行總計。
You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three…
如果到了 23 歲左右還沒結婚,你就是個徹底的失敗者。
There was an almost total lack of management control…
管理控制幾乎是完全缺失的。
1. the whole amount
2. a quantity obtained by addition
1. add up in number or quantity;
2. determine the sum of;
1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
2. including everything;
3. without conditions or limitations;
4. complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
entire, whole, complete, full, total, gross, all
這些形容詞都表示"完整的,全部的,整個的"之意。
total, sum, whole
這些名詞均有"總數,全體"之意。
The king's escort total 50 men.
國王的警衛隊總數達50人.
I intend to amortize the total cost of the car over three years.
我打算用三年時間分期償還汽車的所有費用.
The current from these parallel generators will add up to make a total flow of 500 amperes.
這些並聯的發電機所產生的電流累計在一起,總電流達到500安培.
We can exclude the possibility of total loss from our calculations.
我們可以在預測中把徹底失敗的可能性排除在外.
The total sum is considerable.
為數甚巨.