add up

释义

A.add up

(informal) 　

(especially in negative sentences 尤用于否定句) to seem reasonable; to make sense 合乎情理；有道理

His story just doesn't add up.

他说的情况根本不合情理。

(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to increase by small amounts until there is a large total 积少成多

When you're feeding a family of six the bills soon add up.

你要养活一家六口，开支很快就大起来了。

动词短语

add up to sth

to make a total amount of sth 总共是；总计为

The numbers add up to exactly 100.

这些数字的总数恰好是100。

to lead to a particular result; to show sth 结果是；表示

amount to sth

These clues don't really add up to very much (= give us very little information) .

这些线索实际上说明不了什么问题。

add up | add sth↔up

to calculate the total of two or more numbers or amounts 把…加起来

The waiter can't add up.

这个服务员不会算账。

Add up all the money I owe you.

把我欠你的钱全部加起来。