| 词组 | add |
| 释义 | add [added, added, adding] add in 1. add in sth • add sth in to include something when calculating the total amount of something: ▪ If you add in all the other costs, we hardly made any profit. ▪ Add in 90 million tons from industry, and America's grand total is around 25O million tons of waste-paper ■ SIMILAR TO: include, ↑factor in 2. add in sth • add sth in BrE to put something in with something else, in order to combine them together: ▪ Add in the sugar and stir gently. add on 1. add on sth • add sth on to increase the total amount or cost of something, by adding something more to it: ▪ On top of the official fees, many schools add on other charges, for example for books or materials. ▪ The referee added on a couple of minutes of injury time at the end of the game. ▪ a tour of the Far East, with the option of adding on an extra week in Bali + to ▪ An additional service charge of 10% will be added on to your bill. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put on 2. add on sth • add sth on • add on to add another part to a house, town, garden etc, in order to make it larger: ▪ The previous owners had added on an extension at the back of the house. ▪ The Howard family added on to the castle in the 16th century. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build on add to 1. add to sth to make something increase, for example the price or amount of something: ▪ This will only add to the cost of getting it fixed. ■ SIMILAR TO: increase 2. add to sth to make a feeling stronger, a quality more noticeable, or a situation worse: ▪ The report will only add to the public's fears about genetically modified foods. ▪ He seemed much older. No doubt his thick glasses added to this impression. ▪ To add to their problems, the cost of borrowing money has increased sharply. add up 1. add up sth • add sth up • add up to calculate the total of several numbers or amounts: ▪ The waiter took our bill away and added it up again. ▪ It is extraordinary how often professional golfers add up their scores incorrectly. ▪ As children we are all taught how to read, write, and add up. 2. add up usually negative if calculations or total amounts add up, they seem correct: ▪ The sums just didn't add up. Someone had obviously made a mistake. ▪ The CIA began noticing that North's sales of weapons and the money received from Iran did not add up. $3.5 million was missing 3. add up if something adds up, it seems likely to be true or correct: ▪ The facts all seemed to add up. He was the only person who could have carried out the murder. it adds up ▪ If she hates him so much, why is she helping him? It simply doesn't add up. ■ SIMILAR TO: make sense 4. add up if small amounts or numbers add up, they produce a big total, especially one that is surprisingly big: ▪ If you eat sweets and snacks every day, the calories soon add up. ▪ The number of killed and wounded was starting to add up, and the captain refused to risk the lives of any more of his men. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mount up 5. add sth up • add up sth to consider all the facts about something or all the advantages and disadvantages, in order to form an opinion about it: ▪ When I add everything up, I think I'm better off working from home. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑weigh up add up to 1. add up to sth to result in a particular total or amount: ▪ Just 200 extra calories per day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week. ▪ Seth's novel has 19 chapters, each with as many as 30 sections. These add up to 1,364 pages. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑amount to 2. add up to sth to have a particular result or effect, especially to result in people having a particular opinion about something: ▪ All this adds up to a remarkable achievement. ▪ These differences add up to one conclusion. Government cannot be run like a business. ▪ The Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, cruising on the Nile - it all adds up to the holiday of a lifetime. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑amount to |
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