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N-COUNT
總數;總額;合計
A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group.
例句
The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.
這些公司總計有 1,776 名員工。
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ADJ
總的;總計的;全部的
The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it.
例句
They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand…
他們說患瘋牛病死亡的牛的總數將達 2 萬頭。
The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.
該項目的總成本會超過 2.4 億美元。
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PHRASE
總共;總計
If there are a number of things in total, there are that number when you count or add them all together.
例句
I was with my husband for eight years in total...
我和丈夫在一起的時間總共有 8 年。
In total, 45 per cent of adults in Britain are exposed to tobacco smoke at home.
英國總計有 45% 的成人在家里遭受到煙草煙霧的侵害。
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VERB
總數達;共計
If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things.
例句
The unit's exports will total $85 million this year...
該部門今年的出口總額將達 8,500 萬美元。
They will compete for prizes totalling nearly ￡3,000.
他們將為總額近 3,000 英鎊的獎金展開爭奪。
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VERB
計算…的總和;把…加起來
When you total a set of numbers or objects, you add them all together.
例句
They haven't totalled the exact figures.
他們還沒有對確切數據進行總計。
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ADJ
完全的;徹底的;絕對的
You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
例句
You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three…
如果到了 23 歲左右還沒結婚，你就是個徹底的失敗者。
There was an almost total lack of management control…
管理控制幾乎是完全缺失的。