- [countable] sum (of something)
an amount of money 金额；款项 You will be fined the sum of £200. 你将被罚款 200 英镑。 a large sum of money 一大笔钱 The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages. 法官判给他们一笔 6 位数的赔偿金，具体数目未透露。 Huge sums have been invested in this project. 在这个项目上已投入了巨额资金。 The team has raised substantial sums for local charities. 这个团队已为当地慈善事业筹到了可观的钱款。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2£200 was an astronomical sum of money in 1547. 在 1547 年，200 英镑可是一个天文数字。 For his first book he received the princely sum of $400. 他写第一本书得到了 400 美元的“巨款”。 He joined the club two years ago for a record sum. 两年前他以创纪录的天价加盟该俱乐部。 It seemed an absurdly high sum to pay for a coat. 买件外套这个价钱好像高得离谱了。 Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy sum at today's auction. 今天的拍卖会上，有些画应该可以卖一大笔钱。 The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises. 该慈善机构象征性地支付了一点儿钱，租用了这片地产。 The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。 The landlord has the right to recover any sums payable under this lease. 房东有权收取本租约下所有的应付款项。 We eventually agreed a sum and I gave him a cheque. 我们最终就款额达成一致，我给了他一张支票。 You will have to go to court to recover these sums. 想要追回这笔钱，你得打官司。 a project that cost vast sums of public money 耗费巨额公款的项目
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- generous
- good
- …
- borrow
- earn
- fetch
- …
- be due
- be payable
- be equal to something
- …
- a sum of money
- [countable, usually singular] sum (of something)
the number you get when you add two or more numbers together 和；总和；总数 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sum- calculate
- find
- work out
- …
- sum of
- greater, less, more, etc. than the sum of its/the parts
- (also sum total)[singular] the sum of something
all of something, especially when you think that it is not very much 全部，一切（尤指数量不大） - [countable]
a simple problem that involves calculating numbers 算术；（数字的）简单计算 to do a sum in your head 做心算 I was good at sums at school. 我上学时擅长算术。 If I've got my sums right, I should be able to afford the rent. 要是我算对了的话，我应该负担得起这笔租金。
Extra ExamplesI did a quick sum to work out how much it would cost. 我很快地算出了需要花费的钱数。 The company got its sums wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract. 这家公司把他们能够吸引的顾客人数估算错了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- difficult
- easy
- do
- get your sums right/wrong
see also dim sum
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.
Idioms
be greater/more than the sum of its parts
to be better or more effective as a group than you would think just by looking at the individual members of the group 个体相加不如集体的力量大 The team is greater than the sum of its parts. 这个团队具有强大的整体力量。
in sum
- (formal)
used to introduce a short statement of the main points of a discussion, speech, etc. 总之；总而言之 In sum, we have no chance of winning the case. 总之，我们没有机会打赢这场官司。