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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌsum ˈtotal noun  the sum total ALL/EVERYTHINGthe whole of an amount 全部(东西);总数,总量,总额the sum total of That’s the sum total of my knowledge about it. 这是我对此事所知道的全部了。
Examples from the Corpus
sum totalEverything was lost; the entire sum total of human existence was gone for ever.Without sounding exactly like anything else, however, its sum total was more a collection of echoes than a consistent voice.In the orthodox view the illness is considered to be the sum total of the symptoms and signs which it produces.Is that the sum total of the charges against me?That was the sum total of my formal education for the craft.The sum total of data connected with metalworking is hardly a representative guide to such industry or exchange.The sum total of their daily offering of music in worship far exceeds that of the cathedrals.
ˌsum ˈtotal nounChineseSyllable
of the an whole Corpus amount


sum total
ˌsum ˈtotal noun
the sum total the whole of an amount
    the sum total of
    That’s the sum total of my knowledge about it.


sum totalBrE /ˌsʌm ˈtəʊtl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsʌm ˈtoʊtl/ 🔊 noun [singular] (sometimes disapproving) the whole of sth; everything 全部;一切;总共A photo, a book of poems and a gold ringthis was the sum total of his possessions. 一张照片、一本诗集和一枚金戒指,这就是他的全部家当。🔊🔊