total /ˈtəʊtəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( totalling, totalled, totals )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. 总数

  例：

  The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.

  这些公司总共有1776名雇员。

• 2. 

  ADJ The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it. 总的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand.

  他们说死于疯牛病的奶牛总数会有2万头。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If there are a number of things in total, there are that number when you count or add them all together. 总共

  例：

  I was with my husband for eight years in total.

  我和我丈夫在一起总共8年。

• 4. 

  V-T If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things. 总计为

  例：

  The unit's exports will total $85 million this year.

  今年该单位的出口总计将达8500万美元。

• 5. 

  V-T If someone totals a vehicle, they are in a serious accident and the vehicle is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. 彻底撞毁 (车辆) [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  Buddy totalled his car.

  巴迪彻底撞毁了他的车。

• 6. 

  ADJ You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. 完全的 [强调]

  例：

  You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three.

  如果你在二十三岁左右还没结婚，就是一个彻底的失败者。

• 7. 

  totally ADV 完全地

  例：

  Young people want something totally different from the old ways.

  年轻人想要完全不同于老路子的东西。