amount [ə'maunt]
n.数量
A petrol gauge shows the amount of petrol left in a car.
汽油表指示出汽车里所剩的汽油数量.
He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.
他每天有大量的信件要回复.
总额
Remember to tell the guest the amount of the bill.
记得告诉客人帐单的总额.
We charge one percent commission on the total amount.
我们收取支票总额的1%作为手续费.
vi.总计
The total cost of repairs amounted to 100 dollars.
修理费用总计一百美元.
The number of the injured amounted to over one hundred.
受伤人数总计一百多.
等于
Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
她的答复等于是完全拒绝.
This amounts to doing the whole thing over again.
这就等于要把整个事情重做一遍.
