- An amount is a number, or quantity, of something. If you're surprised by the amount of work you have to do at your new job, you probably didn't expect such a long list of tasks.
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- vi. 总计，相当于
- n. 数量；总数
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1. a huge amount of money
一笔数量巨大的钱款
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2. You will receive a bill for the full amount.
你将收到一张全部金额的账单。
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3. an amount of time，an amount of money
一段时间；一笔钱；
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4. We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
我们得到了人们大力帮助。
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5. His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum.
据说他每年的酬金高达 30 万英镑。
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6. Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
她的答覆等于完全拒绝。
- amount (n.) "quantity, sum," 1710, from amount (v.). As nouns, Middle English had amountance, amountment.
- amount (v.) late 13c., "to go up, rise, mount (a horse)," from Old French amonter "rise, go up; mean, signify," from amont (adv.) "upward, uphill," literally "to the mountain" (12c.), a contraction of the prepositional phrase a mont, from a (from Latin ad "to;" see ad-) + Latin montem (nominative mons) "mountain" (from PIE root *men- (2) "to project"). Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c. 1300. Simple mount (v.) is not used in the physical senses. Related: Amounted; amounting.
amount ★ / əˈmaʊnt ; NAmE əˈmaʊnt / noun , verb amount amounts amounted amounting noun ★ [countable , uncountable ] 1 ★ a sum of money 金额 ◆ The insurance company will refund any amount due to you. 保险公司将赔偿你应得的所有款项。 ◆ You will receive a bill for the full amount. 你将收到一张全部金额的账单。 2 ★ amount(of sth) ( used especially with uncountable nouns 尤与不可数名词连用 ) a quantity of sth 数量；数额 ◆ an amount of time/money/information 一段时间；一笔钱；一些信息 ◆ We've had an enormous amount of help from people. 我们得到了人们大力帮助。 ◆ The server is designed to store huge amounts of data. 该服务器是为存贮大量数据设计的。 IDIOMS any amount of sth a large quantity of sth 大量 ◆ There's been any amount of research into the subject. 对这个课题已进行了大量研究。 no amount of sth used for saying that sth will have no effect 即使再多（或再大）（也不） ◆ No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool. 再怎样鼓励，他也不肯往游泳池里跳。 verb ★ PHRASAL VERB aˈmount to sth 1 ★ to add up to sth; to make sth as a total 总计；共计 ◆ His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum. 据说他每年的酬金高达 30 万英镑。 ◆ They gave me some help in the beginning but it did not amount to much (= they did not give me much help). 起初他们给了我一些帮助，但帮助不大。 2 to be equal to or the same as sth 等于；相当于 ◆ Her answer amounted to a complete refusal. 她的答覆等于完全拒绝。 ◆ Their actions amount to a breach of contract. 他们的行为已属违反合同。 ◆ It'll cost a lot—well, take a lot of time, but it amounts to the same thing. 付出会很多 — 哦，得花大量时间，不过反正都是一回事。 amount / əˈmaʊnt ; NAmE əˈmaʊnt /
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