total的中文用法及示例

• 0 the amount you get when several smaller amounts are added together -- 总额；总数

  • We made $1,000 in total, over three days of trading. 在3天的交易中，我们一共赚了1000美元。

  • A total of 21 horses were entered in the race. 总共有21匹马报名参加了比赛。

  • At that time of day, cars with only one occupant accounted for almost 80 percent of the total. 一天中的那个时候，只有一人乘坐的汽车几乎占车辆总数的80%。

• 1 including everything -- 总的，全部的

  • Total losses were $800. 总损失为800美元。

  • the total cost 全部费用

• 2 very great or of the largest degree possible -- 完全的，彻底的；绝对的

  • The collapse, when it came, was total. 这种崩溃一旦来临，便无可救药。

  • The organization of the event was a total shambles (= very bad). 这次活动的组织工作糟糕透了。

  • total silence 万籁俱寂

  • a total disregard for their feelings 对他们的感受全然不顾

  • total secrecy 绝密

• 3 to have as a complete amount, or to calculate this -- 总数达；合计为

  • We totalled (up) the money we had each earned, and then shared it equally between the three of us. 我们把每个人赚的钱加起来，然后我们三个人平分这笔钱。

  • This is the eighth volume in the series, which totals 21 volumes in all. 该丛书总共有21册，这是第8册。