Meaning
1. 數字或數量的加總：當我們在談論數字或數量時，「add up」用來表示將這些數字或數量相加。例如，當計算購物單的總金額時，可以說「All the prices add up to $100.」意思是所有的價格加起來總共是100美元。
2. 合理或符合邏輯：「Add up」也可以用來表示某事合情合理或符合邏輯。當某事不合邏輯或不合理時，人們可能會說「It doesn’t add up.」意思是事情聽起來不合理或不太對勁。這種用法常用於討論當某件事情的各個部分不一致或矛盾時。
理解並正確使用「add up」可以幫助學習者更自然地理解和表達這些常見的概念。
Today's Sentences
01
Ordering extras really adds up.
Situation
Can you check the receipt?
I think they overcharged us.
我覺得他們多收我們錢了。
Let me add it up.
Two burgers, fries, drinks and dessert too.
兩個漢堡、薯條、飲料還有甜點。
Right.
I guess I conveniently forgot that part.
我想我方便地忘記了那部分。
Yeah, ordering extras really adds up.
02
That doesn’t add up.
Situation
Hey, who finished the last slice of pizza?
Not me!
I only had two.
我只有兩個。
Really? There were eight slices, and four of us.
That doesn’t add up.
這樣不對吧。
Okay fine.
I might have “accidentally” eaten another slice.
我可能「不小心」又吃了一片。
Writer's Note
"Add up" is an intransitive, transitive, and inseparable phrasal verb.
- Intransitive - An intransitive verb does not need a receiver of the action which can end a sentence on its own.
Structure - "Subject + add up"
Example 1: His story doesn’t add up.
Example 2: The numbers just don’t add up, we must’ve made a mistake.
Example 3: It finally adds up now that I know the truth. - Transitive - Transitive phrasal verbs require an object to complete their meaning, while intransitive ones do not have an object.
Structure - "Subject + add up + object (numbers, amounts, costs, etc.)"
Example 1: Can you add up these receipts for me?
Example 2: She added up all her expenses from the trip.
Example 3: He quickly added up the figures in his head. - Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and verb.
Structure - "Subject + add up (to + amount)"
Example 1: Those little expenses add up over time.
Example 2: All the hours she spent practicing really added up to success.
Example 3: The costs add up to more than we expected.
結構 - "Subject + add up"
例子 1: 他的故事不太add up。
例子 2: 這些數字就是不add up，我們一定是弄錯了。
例子 3: 現在我知道真相了，一切終於adds up了。
結構 - 「主詞 + add up + 受詞 (數字、數量、費用等)」
例子 1: 你可以幫我把這些收據「add up」嗎？
例子 2: 她把旅途中的所有費用「added up」。
例子 3: 他迅速在腦中把數字「added up」。
結構 - 「主詞 + add up (to + amount)」
例子 1: 那些小開銷隨著時間的推移會逐漸 增加。
例子 2: 她花在練習上的所有時間確實 累積 出了成功。
例子 3: 費用 加起來 比我們預期的還要多。
Related words - Accumulate, calculate, compute, correspond, count, equal, make sense, measure up, mount up, tally, total
