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.
您能查看一下收据吗？
我觉得他们多收了我们的费用。
我觉得他们多收了我们的费用。
Let me add it up.
Two burgers, fries, drinks and dessert too.
让我加一下…
两个汉堡、薯条、饮料，还有甜点。
两个汉堡、薯条、饮料，还有甜点。
Right.
I guess I conveniently forgot that part.
好的。
我想我可能故意忘记了那部分。
我想我可能故意忘记了那部分。
Yeah, ordering extras really adds up.
是的，订购额外的东西确实会增加不少费用。
02
That doesn’t add up.
Situation
Hey, who finished the last slice of pizza?
嘿，谁吃了最后一片披萨？
Not me!
I only had two.
不是我！
我只有两个。
我只有两个。
Really? There were eight slices, and four of us.
That doesn’t add up.
真的？一共有八片，我们有四个人。
这说不通啊。
这说不通啊。
Okay fine.
I might have “accidentally” eaten another slice.
好的，没问题。
我可能“无意中”又吃了一片。
我可能“无意中”又吃了一片。
Writer's Note
"Add up" is an intransitive, transitive, and inseparable phrasal verb.
“Add up” 是一个不及物、及物且不可分的短语动词。
- 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.
不及物动词 - 不及物动词不需要动作的接受者，可以独立结束一个句子。
结构 - “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.
结构 - “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.
及物动词 - 及物短语动词需要一个宾语来完成其意义，而不及物动词则没有宾语。
结构 - "Subject + add up + object (数字、金额、费用等)"
例子 1: 你能帮我把这些收据“add up”一下吗？
例子 2: 她“added up”了旅行中的所有花费。
例子 3: 他迅速地在脑海中“added up”了这些数字。
结构 - "Subject + add up + object (数字、金额、费用等)"
例子 1: 你能帮我把这些收据“add up”一下吗？
例子 2: 她“added up”了旅行中的所有花费。
例子 3: 他迅速地在脑海中“added up”了这些数字。
不可分割 - 当一个物体不能放在短语动词的词组和动词之间。
结构 - “Subject + add up (to + amount)”
示例 1: 那些小开支随着时间的推移会逐渐“add up”。
示例 2: 她花在练习上的所有时间确实“added up”到成功。
示例 3: 成本“add up”到比我们预期的要多。
结构 - “Subject + add up (to + amount)”
示例 1: 那些小开支随着时间的推移会逐渐“add up”。
示例 2: 她花在练习上的所有时间确实“added up”到成功。
示例 3: 成本“add up”到比我们预期的要多。
Related words - Accumulate, calculate, compute, correspond, count, equal, make sense, measure up, mount up, tally, total
相关词汇 - Accumulate, calculate, compute, correspond, count, equal, make sense, measure up, mount up, tally, total
