单词 | more/greater/bigger etc. than the sum of its parts |
释义 | more/greater/bigger etc. than the sum of its partsused to say that aparticularthing, whenconsideredas awhole, is moreimportant,better, etc. than you wouldexpectfromlookingat theindividualpartsthat make it up: 整体比局部的总和更大(或更重要)He hasbuiltaglobaloperationthat isclearlybiggerthan thesumofitsparts.他建立了一套全球运作体系,并不是把各地区的活动相加起来那么简单。 Shebelievesthat theCatholicfaithis more than thesumofitsdogmas.她相信天主教信仰并非几条信条那么简单。 Something, anything, nothing, and everything
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