Meaning
- To be reasonable, believable, or consistent.
- To find the total amount by adding numbers together.
- To increase over time or combine to produce a significant effect.
Today's Sentences
01
Ordering extras really adds up.
Situation
Can you check the receipt?
I think they overcharged us.
您可以檢查一下收據嗎？
我覺得他們多收了我們的錢。
我覺得他們多收了我們的錢。
Let me add it up.
Two burgers, fries, drinks and dessert too.
讓我來算一下。
兩個漢堡、薯條、飲料和甜點。
兩個漢堡、薯條、飲料和甜點。
Right.
I guess I conveniently forgot that part.
好的。
我想我可能是很方便地忘記了那部分。
我想我可能是很方便地忘記了那部分。
Yeah, ordering extras really adds up.
是啊，訂購額外的東西真的會讓費用增加。
02
That doesn’t add up.
Situation
Hey, who finished the last slice of pizza?
嘿，誰吃了最後一片披薩？
Not me!
I only had two.
不是我！
我只喝了兩杯。
我只喝了兩杯。
Really? There were eight slices, and four of us.
That doesn’t add up.
真的嗎？有八片，而我們有四個人
這不合理。
這不合理。
Okay fine.
I might have “accidentally” eaten another slice.
好的，沒問題。
我可能「不小心」又吃了一片。
我可能「不小心」又吃了一片。
Writer's Note
"Add up" is an intransitive, transitive, and inseparable phrasal verb.
「Add up」是一個不及物、及物和不可分開的片語動詞。
- 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.
不及物動詞 - 不及物動詞不需要接受動作的對象，可以獨立結束句子。
結構 - 「Subject + add up」
例子 1: His story doesn’t add up.
例子 2: The numbers just don’t add up, we must’ve made a mistake.
例子 3: It finally adds up now that I know the truth.
結構 - 「Subject + add up」
例子 1: His story doesn’t add up.
例子 2: The numbers just don’t add up, we must’ve made a mistake.
例子 3: It finally adds up now that I know the truth.
Transitive - 及物片語動詞需要有受詞才能完成其意義，而不及物片語動詞則沒有受詞。
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.
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.
不可分割的 - 當一個物體不能放在助詞和動詞之間時。
結構 - 「Subject + add up (to + amount)」
例子 1: 那些小開支隨著時間的推移會累積起來。
例子 2: 她花在練習上的所有時間確實累積成了成功。
例子 3: 成本累積起來比我們預期的要多。
結構 - 「Subject + add up (to + amount)」
例子 1: 那些小開支隨著時間的推移會累積起來。
例子 2: 她花在練習上的所有時間確實累積成了成功。
例子 3: 成本累積起來比我們預期的要多。
Related words - Accumulate, calculate, compute, correspond, count, equal, make sense, measure up, mount up, tally, total
相關詞彙 - Accumulate, calculate, compute, correspond, count, equal, make sense, measure up, mount up, tally, total
