add up tosth
—phrasal verbwithaddverb[IorT]uk/æd/us/æd/
(AMOUNT)
tobecomeaparticularamount
总共是;合计为
Thevariousbuildingprogrammesaddup to several thousand newhomes.各项住宅建设计划总共将为人们提供几千套新住房。
Wethoughtwe'dboughtlotsoffood, but it didn'taddup to much when we'dspreadit out on thetable.我们还觉得自己买了不少吃的东西呢,可一摆到饭桌上,还真是没有多少。
(RESULT)
to have aparticularresultoreffect
结果是;表示;意味着
It alladdedup to a lot of hardworkfor all of us.结果这给我们所有人都添了一大堆工作。
Theirproposalsdo notaddup to anyrealhelpfor thepoor.他们的建议没给穷人带来任何实质性帮助。