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 (按順序)數數 Billy can't count yet. 比利還不會數數。 - count (up) to something
She can count up to 10 in Italian. 她可以用意大利語數到 10。 - count from something (to/up to something)
to count from 1 to 10 從 1 數到 10
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2He can now count from one to twenty. 他現在可以從一數到二十。 We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends. 我們數到50,然後出發去尋找我們的朋友。
- [transitive, intransitive]
to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group 計算(或清點)總數 - count something (up)
They're still counting votes in Texas. 他們還在德克薩斯州計票。 I can't count the number of times I've eaten there (= I've eaten there very many times). 我數不清在那裏吃過多少次飯。 The diet is based on counting calories. 這個飲食安排以熱量統計爲根據。 - count (up) how many…
She began to count up how many guests they had to invite. 她開始計算他們得邀請多少位客人。 - count from…
There are twelve weeks to go, counting from today. 從今天算起,還有12周。
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side. 她仔細數了數剩餘的硬幣,把它們放在一邊。 We counted up our money. 我們數了數我們的錢。
- 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 )不用於進行時 to be important synonym matter重要 It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts. 這將是一場勢均力敵的選舉,所以每一票都很重要。 Every point in this game counts. 這場比賽每一分都很重要。 With our busy lives today we have less and less time for what really counts. 随着我們今天忙碌的生活,我們有越來越少的時間做真正重要的事情。 It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift). 貴在心意。 - count for something
The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him. 她已道歉,但他認爲這沒有用。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to be officially accepted; to accept something officially (被)正式接納,正式認可 Don't go over that line or your throw won't count. 别越過那條線,否則你的投擲就會被判無效。 The goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside. 無論如何,這個進球是不算數的,因爲巡邊員的旗幟是越位的。 The home team's manager protested that the run should count. 主隊經理抗議說跑步應該算。 - count something
Applications received after 1 July will not be counted. 7 月 1 日以後收到的申請書將不予受理。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to consider somebody/something in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way 認爲;看作;算作;被視爲 - count (somebody/something) as somebody/something
For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income. 那筆錢算作收入,需要納稅。 - count somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something
I count him among my closest friends. 我把他看作我最親密的朋友之一。 - count somebody/something/yourself + adj.
I count myself lucky to have known him. 和他相識,我覺得很幸運。 - count somebody/something/yourself + noun
She counts herself one of the lucky ones. 她認爲自己是一個幸運兒。 I count it a privilege to have served alongside him. 我認爲和他一起服役是一種榮幸。
- count (somebody/something) as somebody/something
say numbers數數
find total得到總數
include包括
matter有重要性
accept officially正式接納
consider認爲
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 屈指可數;寥寥無幾 She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with. 她真正喜歡與之交往的人屈指可數。 Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand. 她認識很多人,但朋友卻屈指可數。
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 數(假想中跳過栅欄的)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不要蛋未孵化先數小雞;别過早打如意算盤
stand up and be counted
to say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something 公開表示支持(或贊同) Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction. 每個人都需要站出來,被人重視,才能讓他們看到我們信念的力量。
who’s counting?
- (informal)
used to say that you do not care how many times something happens (表示不管發生多少次)誰在乎呢,管它呢 I've seen the film five times, but who's counting? 這部電影我看了五遍,管它呢。