PHRASAL VERB If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing. 等同于
The banks have what amounts to a monopoly.
这些银行几乎接近于垄断。
The spokesman stressed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban.
发言人强调说,这些措施并不等于全面禁止。
Their actions amount to a breach of contract.
他们的行为已属违反合同。
Mere words, unaccompanied by any violence, cannot amount to an assault.
只有言语而未伴随暴力不能算攻击。
Ben Jumper, the owner of the storage business, said he expected his losses would amount to tens of millions of dollars.
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Now, you may say this doesn't amount to a very limited government, and the libertarian may complain Locke is not such a terrific ally after all.
现在或许你会说,这并不算真正有限的政府,而自由主义者会抱怨洛克并不算他们的好盟友。
I think it's great, like the amount of, like, freedom they give us to, like, choose classes
我觉得很棒,它给我们的自由很多,比如选课,
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