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词汇 sum up
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sum up

phrasal verb
sum up | sum something up
  1.  
    to state the main points of something in a short and clear form总结;概括 synonym summarize
    • To sum up, there are three main ways of tackling the problem…概括起来说,这一问题主要有三种解决办法…
    • The report attempts to sum up recent economic trends.该报道试图总结最近的经济走势。
    • The storyline can be summed up in a few sentences. 故事情节可以用几句话概括。
    • sum up what… Can I just sum up what we've agreed so far?我可否就我们目前已经达成的共识作个概括?
    Topics Opinion and argumentb2
  2. (of a judge法官) to give a summary of the main facts and arguments in a legal case, near the end of a trial(审理结束前)作概述 related noun summing-upTopics Opinion and argumentc1
sum somebody/something up
  1. to describe or show the most typical characteristics of somebody/something, especially in a few words简而言之
    • Totally lazy—that just about sums him up.懒到家了,这大体上就是他的真实写照。
    • One young mother summed up the feelings of many parents when she said:…一位年轻的母亲总结了许多父母的感受,她说:…
    • ‘So we're stuck in this place with no food?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’“这么说我们困在了这个地方,没有食物?”“的确如此。”
    • Her whole philosophy can be summed up as ‘so what?’.她的全部人生哲学可以概括为“那又怎么样?”。
    • The appeal of this charming little town is hard to sum up.这座迷人小镇的魅力三言两语难以讲明。
    • She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I've ever attended’.她将其概括为“我所听过的最棒的讲座”。
    • For me, the novel summed up the major problems of human existence.对我来说,小说总结了人类存在的主要问题。
  2. to form or express an opinion of somebody/something估量;判断 synonym size up
    • She quickly summed up the situation and took control.她很快就看出是怎么回事,并控制住局面。
    related noun summing-upTopics Opinion and argumentb2
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