| 词组 | add up |
| 释义 | 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 |
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