sum1 /sʌm/ ●●○ W2 AWL noun [countableC] → some1 money 钱MONEY an amount of money 金额,款项 He owes me a large sum of money. 他欠我一大笔钱。
sum of the sum of £4,000 4,000 英镑金额
large/substantial/considerable etc sum Bill wants to spend a large sum on modernizing the farm. 比尔想花一大笔钱将农场现代化。
small/modest/trifling etc sum We should be happy to buy it for a modest sum. 要是能花不太多的钱就把它买下来,我们会很高兴。
→ lump sum, → princely sum at princely(1) 2 the sum of something HMthe total produced when you add two or more numbers or amounts together 和;总和,总数 You will have to pay the sum of the two sets of costs. 你得支付那两笔费用的总和。
3 greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts EFFECTIVEhaving a quality or effectiveness as a group that you would not expect from the quality of each member (总体)大于部分之和,个体相加不如集体的力量大 The team is greater than the sum of its parts. 球队只有团结起来才最强大。
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts• Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
5 do your sums British EnglishBrE informalCOUNT/CALCULATE to calculate whether you have enough money to do something 算一算你的钱是否够 Do your sums first before you decide how much to spend. 算一算你有多少钱再决定花多少钱。
do your sums• We can accumulate the figures and we can all do our sums.• I did my sums and I knew I could pay him.• You will have to do your sums. 6 in sum MAIN formal used before a statement that gives the main information about something in a few simple words 总之,简而言之 In sum, soul music is important to the record industry. 总之,灵乐对于唱片业十分重要。
→ sum totaln COLLOCATIONSphrasesa sum of moneyWe urge people not to keep large sums of money in their houses.
adjectivesa large/considerable/substantial sumHe lost a substantial sum of money on the deal.
a huge/enormous/vast sumThe company has invested huge sums in research.
a five-figure/six-figure/seven-figure etc sum (=an amount in the ten thousands, hundred thousands etc )The newspaper paid a six-figure sum for the photograph of the princess.
a small sumEach year the inhabitants had to pay a small sum for the use of the pasture.
a modest sum (=not a very big amount of money)She had paid a modest sum for the paintings.
an undisclosed sum (=an amount that is being kept secret)He sold the company for an undisclosed sum.
a tidy sum informal (=a large amount of money)I had managed to save a tidy sum.
the total sumThe total sum lost is believed to be around £2 million.
the princely sum of ... (=a large amount – often used humorously to mean a small amount)They were surviving on the princely sum of £50 a week.
For the princely sum of $8 million you too could live in a mansion like this.