count
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they count | |
he / she / it counts | |
past simple counted | |
past participle counted | |
-ing form counting |
- [intransitive]
to say numbers in the correct order (按顺序)数数 Billy can't count yet. 比利还不会数数。 - count (up) to something
She can count up to 10 in Italian. 她可以用意大利语数到 10。 - count from something (to/up to something)
to count from 1 to 10 从 1 数到 10
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2He can now count from one to twenty. 他现在可以从一数到二十。 We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends. 我们数到50,然后出发去寻找我们的朋友。
- [transitive, intransitive]
to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group 计算(或清点)总数 - count something (up)
They're still counting votes in Texas. 他们还在德克萨斯州计票。 I can't count the number of times I've eaten there (= I've eaten there very many times). 我数不清在那里吃过多少次饭。 The diet is based on counting calories. 这个饮食安排以热量统计为根据。 - count (up) how many…
She began to count up how many guests they had to invite. 她开始计算他们得邀请多少位客人。 - count from…
There are twelve weeks to go, counting from today. 从今天算起,还有12周。
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side. 她仔细数了数剩余的硬币,把它们放在一边。 We counted up our money. 我们数了数我们的钱。
- count something (up)
- [transitive] count somebody/something
to include somebody/something when you calculate a total 把…算入;包括 - [intransitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses )不用于进行时 to be important synonym matter重要 It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts. 这将是一场势均力敌的选举,所以每一票都很重要。 Every point in this game counts. 这场比赛每一分都很重要。 With our busy lives today we have less and less time for what really counts. 随着我们今天忙碌的生活,我们有越来越少的时间做真正重要的事情。 It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift). 贵在心意。 - count for something
The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him. 她已道歉,但他认为这没有用。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to be officially accepted; to accept something officially (被)正式接纳,正式认可 Don't go over that line or your throw won't count. 别越过那条线,否则你的投掷就会被判无效。 The goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside. 无论如何,这个进球是不算数的,因为巡边员的旗帜是越位的。 The home team's manager protested that the run should count. 主队经理抗议说跑步应该算。 - count something
Applications received after 1 July will not be counted. 7 月 1 日以后收到的申请书将不予受理。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to consider somebody/something in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way 认为;看作;算作;被视为 - count (somebody/something) as somebody/something
For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income. 那笔钱算作收入,需要纳税。 - count somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something
I count him among my closest friends. 我把他看作我最亲密的朋友之一。 - count somebody/something/yourself + adj.
I count myself lucky to have known him. 和他相识,我觉得很幸运。 - count somebody/something/yourself + noun
She counts herself one of the lucky ones. 她认为自己是一个幸运儿。 I count it a privilege to have served alongside him. 我认为和他一起服役是一种荣幸。
- count (somebody/something) as somebody/something
say numbers数数
find total得到总数
include包括
matter有重要性
accept officially正式接纳
consider认为
Word Originverb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.
Idioms
…and counting
be able to count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand
used to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small 屈指可数;寥寥无几 She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with. 她真正喜欢与之交往的人屈指可数。 Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand. 她认识很多人,但朋友却屈指可数。
count your blessings
to be grateful for the good things in your life 知足
count the cost (of something)
count sheep
to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep 数(假想中跳过栅栏的)羊以求入睡
don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched)
- (saying)
you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong Topics Successc2不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡;别过早打如意算盘
stand up and be counted
to say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something 公开表示支持(或赞同) Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction. 每个人都需要站出来,被人重视,才能让他们看到我们信念的力量。
who’s counting?
- (informal)
used to say that you do not care how many times something happens (表示不管发生多少次)谁在乎呢,管它呢 I've seen the film five times, but who's counting? 这部电影我看了五遍,管它呢。