每日一词182/2019.6.4/amount to

1. 英英释义:be regarded or classified as; be the equivalent of

eg. Explanation always amounts to hiding the truth.

2. 理解:"amount"除了作名词,还可以作动词。amount 常和 to 组成词组表示“相当于”。 "amount to"一般的用法是:A amounts to B,即“A就相当于B”。amount to 是口语和写作中的高频词汇。当我们描述陌生现象、抽象概念时,经常会用大家熟悉的现象作类比或者举例子,这是酒可以用到 amount to 。喜爱描述一些听起来比较枯燥的话题时,也可以使用 amount to 作类比让它变得生动有趣。

3. 应用:

1)翻译:学而不思相当于根本没学。

Learning without thinking amounts to not learning at all.

2)造句

a. 他的成就归功于他的成功的渴望。

b. His outstanding achievement counts to his eagerness to succeed.

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