add up Idiom
add up
seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don
doesn't add up
is not logical, does not make sense One shot was fired, but three cows are dead. It doesn't add up.
add up to
1.amount to;make a total of合计,总共
The money he spent added up to more than $ 1,000.他花的钱合计超过了1000美元。
The bills add up to exactly £1,000.这些账单加起来正好1000英镑。
Eight and ten add up to eighteen.8加10等于18。
2.mean;signify意味着;意思是
The evidence all adds up to a case of murder.全部证据都表明这是一件谋杀案。
The rain,the mosquitoes and the crowded cabin all added up to a spoiled vacation.下雨、蚊子和拥挤的小屋,意味着这假期过得糟透了。
His long answer just adds up to a refusal.他的冗长的回答实际上意味着拒绝。
add up|add
v. 1. To come to the correct amount.
The numbers wouldn't add up. 2.
informal To make sense; be understandable.
His story didn't add up.
add up to|add
v. 1. To make a total of; amount to.
The bill added up to $12.95. 2.
informal To mean; result in.
The rain, the mosquitoes, and the heat added up to a spoiled vacation.
doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca
v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.)
"That's a fairly interesting concept you got there, Mike, but the competition is bound to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."add up
1. To account the sum or absolute of assorted items. Can you add up these numbers? I'm afraid I fabricated an absurdity in my calculations.2. To according the accepted or accepted amount. These numbers aloof aren't abacus up—I anticipate I fabricated a aberration somewhere.3. To be analytic or believable. I listened to Jill's explanation, but I'm still skeptical—something aloof doesn't add up.4. To become a cogent amount. Usually acclimated in advertence to accretion expenses. With all of the active I do for work, the bulk of gas and aliment absolutely starts to add up. It will booty a while for you to become a master, but all this convenance absolutely does add up.5. To adjudicator addition or article As I waited for my account to start, I advised the added candidates and added up my competition.Learn more: add, upadd something up
to sum or absolute a set of figures. (Learn added add up (to something).) Please add these abstracts up again. I didn't add up these figures!Learn more: add, upadd up
(to something)
1. Lit. [for a set of figures] to according a total. These abstracts don't add up to the appropriate total!
2. Fig. [for facts or explanations] to accomplish sense. (Considering facts as if they were figures.) Your account aloof doesn't add up!Learn more: add, upadd up
1. Amount to an accepted or actual total, as in These abstracts don't add up, acceptation they are not correct. [Mid-1800s]
2. Be consistent, accomplish sense, as in I'm not abiding that all this affidavit will add up. [First bisected of 1900s]
3. Assess, anatomy an assessment of, as in He looked beyond the clue and added up the competition. Also see add up to. Learn more: add, upadd up
v.
1. To account a sum by abacus some set of numbers: The acceptance added up the numbers they had affected from the blackboard. If you add all the array up, we'll acquisition out who won.
2. To account something, abnormally by addition: The shopkeeper added up the day's profits.
3. To bulk to an accepted total: Unfortunately, back we put the numbers into the equation, they did not add up.
4. To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; accomplish sense: The board did not accept the witness's affidavit because it artlessly did not add up.
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