의미: amount

a·mount n.

1 [the amount] 총액, 총계; (대부금의) 원리 합계(total) 《of》(⇒ sum [유의어])

2 양(quantity), 액(sum)
▶ a large[small] amount of sugar 다량[소량]의 설탕

3 [the amount] 요지(substance)
[USAGE] amount는 ‘양’을 나타내어 불가산 명사와 함께 쓰인다. 복수 가산 명사와 함께 쓰일 때는 가령 a number of students처럼 number가 쓰인다:a large amount of food 다량의 식량. 이때 a high amount나 a big[little] amount라고 하지 않음. 만약에 amount가 복수 가산 명사와 함께 쓰인다면, 그 복수를 한 집단으로 간주한 것이다:We didn’t expect such a large amount of people. 우리는 그토록 많은 사람이 오리라고 기대하지 않았다.
an amount of ... 상당한 (양의)
any amount of ... 아무리 많은 …이라도, (양·액수가) 얼마 되든지
in amount 양으로 말하면; 총계; 요컨대
to the amount of (five million won) (5백만원)이나[까지나]
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1 총계가 …에 이르다, <금액이> (얼마가) 되다, 달하다(add up) 《to》
▶ 《amount+전+명》 The annual net profit amounts to ten million dollars. 연간 순익금이 1,000만 달러에 달한다.

2 결과적으로 …이 되다, …에 해당[상당]하다, …와 매한가지이다[같다] 《to》
▶ 《amount+전+명》 This answer amounts to a refusal. 이 대답은 거절이나 마찬가지다.

3 발전하다(develop); (어떤 상태에) 도달하다, 이르다, …로 되다
amount to much 대단한 것이 되다; 훌륭하게 되다
amount to very little 거의 무가치하다

put at an amount 관용구

amount to

1．make a total of总计
The total income amounts to ＄5，000．总收入合计5000美元。
2．signify；mean equal to表示；有重要性；等于
Her words amount to a refusal．她的话等于拒绝。
What he said amounted to very little．他说的话无关紧要。
His suggestion amounts to saying that there is still room for improvement in the work．他的建议意味着这件工作尚有改进的余地。
3．achieve success；develop into有成就；发展为
I don't think such a man can amount to much．我认为这样一个人不会有什么作为。
If he goes on like this，he will never amount to anything．如果他一味这样下去，将一事无成。

to the tune of some amount of money

Idiom(s): to the tune of some amount of money

Theme: MONEY

a certain amount of money. (Informal.)
• My checking account is overdrawn to the tune of $340.
• My wallet was stolen, and I'm short of money to the tune of seventy dollars.

set sb back some amount of money

Idiom(s): set sb back (some amount of money)

Theme: MONEY

to cost someone (an amount of money). (Informal.)
• This coat set me back about $250.
• That dinner at the restaurant last night really set us back.

amount to the same thing

Idiom(s): amount to the same thing AND come to the same thing

Theme: SAMENESS

to be the same as something.
• Borrowing can be the same as stealing. If the owner does not know what you have borrowed, it amounts to the same thing.
• Beer, wine. They come to the same thing if you drink and drive.

amount to|amount

v. Signify; add up to. John's total income didn't amount to more than a few hundred dollars.

put (something) at (some bulk of money)

To appraisal that article will bulk a assertive bulk of money, abnormally back that bulk is decidedly large. The artisan put the aliment at about $700 amid genitalia and labor. Early letters are putting the company's newest smartphone at about $1,000.Learn more: amount, of, put

put something at an amount

to bulk article at a assertive bulk of money; to appraisal article at a assertive figure. I would put the accuse at about two hundred dollars. She put the amercement at about two hundred thousand dollars.Learn more: amount, put

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