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N-COUNT
款項;金額
A sum of money is an amount of money.
例句
Large sums of money were lost...
損失了大筆錢財。
Even the relatively modest sum of ￡50,000 now seems beyond his reach.
現在即使是相對來說并不算多的 5 萬英鎊對他來說也是遙不可及的。
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N-COUNT
算術;簡單計算
A sum is a simple calculation in arithmetic.
例句
I can't do my sums.
我算不出來。
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N-SING
和;總和;總數
In mathematics, the sum of two numbers is the number that is obtained when they are added together.
例句
The sum of all the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
三角形內角總和為 180 度。
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N-SING
全部;所有
The sum of something is all of it.
例句
'Public opinion' is only the sum of the views of thousands of people like yourself...
“輿論”只是所有像你一樣的成千上萬人的意見的總和。
The sum of evidence points to the crime resting on them...
所有證據都表明該犯罪乃他們所為。
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PHRASE
總之;總而言之
You use in sum to introduce a statement that briefly describes a situation.
例句
In sum, the two countries are now true economic partners...
總而言之，兩國目前是真正的經濟合作伙伴。
It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
總之，該情況毫無邏輯。
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PHRASE
個體相加不如集體的力量大;總體大于個體之和
If you say that something is more than the sum of its parts or greater than the sum of its parts, you mean that it is better than you would expect from the individual parts, because the way they combine adds a different quality.
例句
As individual members' solo careers have proved, each band was greater than the sum of its parts.
成員單飛后的發展證明，每個樂隊的成員只有組合在一起才能創造出更大的成功。