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being the amount or number after everyone or everything is counted or added together 总的;总计的;全体的;全部的 Their total cost was $18 000. 他们的总费用是18 000美元。 This brought the total number of accidents so far this year to 113. 这使得今年迄今为止发生事故的总数达到 113 起。 The club has a total membership of 300. 这家俱乐部的成员总数为 300 人。 the total profit/sales/revenue/income/expenditure/value 总利润/销售额/收入/收入/支出/价值 Try to cut down on the total amount of fat that you eat. 尽量减少你摄入的脂肪总量。 The total student population at Cambridge University is around 13,000 students. 剑桥大学的学生总数约为13,000人。
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used when you are emphasizing something, to mean ‘to the greatest degree possible’ synonym complete(用以强调)完全的,彻底的 The room was in total darkness. 房间里一片漆黑。 They wanted a total ban on handguns. 他们要求彻底禁止拥有手枪。 The evening was a total disaster. 晚会彻底搞砸了。 I can't believe you'd tell a total stranger about it! 我不能相信你会把这事告诉一个素昧平生的人! These comments indicate a total lack of understanding. 这些评论表明完全缺乏理解。 They lived with an almost total lack of information about what was happening. 他们几乎完全不知道发生了什么。 She maintained total artistic control over a project. 她对一个项目保持完全的艺术控制。
Extra ExamplesI always expect total honesty from my employees. 我总是期望我的员工完全坦诚。 She was a total mystery to him despite their long association. 尽管已经交往很长时间了,但对他而言,她还完全是个谜。 Six years of total war had left no citizen untouched. 六年的全面战争让所有国民都受到了影响。 The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects. 皇帝要求臣民绝对服从他。 The game ended in a total rout. 这场比赛以一败涂地告终。 There was a look of total concentration on her face. 她脸上有一种全神贯注的表情。 They were to surrender immediately or face total annihilation. 他们要么立刻投降,要么面临被全歼的命运。
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin totalis, from totum ‘the whole’, neuter of Latin totus ‘whole, entire’. The verb, at first in the sense ‘add up’, dates from the late 16th cent.