to‧tal 1 S1 W1 / təʊtl $ toʊ- / 形容词 #

1 [通常用于名词前] complete, or as great as is possible

total failure/disaster

The sales campaign was a total disaster.

a total ban on cigarette advertising

He looked at her with a total lack of comprehension.

a sport that demands total commitment

2 total number/amount/cost etc the number, amount etc that is the total :

total sales of 200,000 per year

Her total income was £10,000 a year.

total 2 S2 W2 noun [可数名词] #

1 the final number or amount of things, people etc when everything has been counted :
That’s £7 and £3.50, so the total is £10.50. a total of 20/100 etc A total of thirteen meetings were held to discuss the issue. in total There were probably about 40 people there in total. the sum total (= the whole of an amount when everything is considered together ) 2 grand total a) the final total, including all the totals added together → subtotal b) used humorously when you think the final total is small :
I earned a grand total of $4.15.

COLLOCATIONS

verbs make a total of 100 etc The £1,750 raised by staff has been matched by the company, making a total of £3,500. bring the total to 100 etc Police arrested more than 200 protesters yesterday, bringing the total detained to nearly 500. add to a total He wants to add to his total of three Olympic gold medals.

adjectives the final total Mrs Menzies said the final total could be as much as £750. the sum total (= the whole of an amount, when everything is added together ) This was the sum total of her grandfather’s possessions. a combined/overall total (= the sum of two or more amounts added together ) The Jones family has a combined total of 143 years’ service with the company. an annual/monthly/weekly/daily total The Government plans to increase the annual total of 2,500 adoptions by up to 50%.

total 3 verb ( past tense and past participle totalled , present participle totalling British English , totaled , totaling American English ) #

1 [连系动词，及物] to reach a particular total :
The group had losses totalling $3 million this year.

Register Total is used especially in journalism. In everyday English, people usually say that something makes or adds up to a particular total: Three and six make nine. 2 [及物动词] especially American English informal to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired :
Chuck totaled his dad’s new Toyota.

total something ↔ up phrasal verb to find the total number or total amount of something by adding :
At the end of the game, total up everyone’s score to see who has won.

THESAURUS

calculate formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together : The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book. work out to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate , and is more common in everyday English : You need to work out how much you will need to borrow. figure out ( also figure American English ) informal to calculate an amount : We still haven’t figured out how much it’s all going to cost. | the method for figuring welfare payments count to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together : The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus. total ( also total up ) to add a number of things together to get a final number : Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner. | Okay, now let’s total up who had the most points. quantify formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc : I think it’s difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons. | How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment? | a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the blood assess formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is : The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million. | They are still assessing the damage. | We need to have a better way of assessing students’ progress. estimate to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have : The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%. put a figure on something to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot : It’s hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million. | The company has refused to put a figure on its losses. project to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now : The company projects sales of $4 million this year.