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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++to·tal1 /ˈtəʊtl $ ˈtoʊ-/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective  1  [usually before noun]COMPLETE complete, or as great as is possible 完全的，彻底的total failure/disaster The sales campaign was a total disaster. 那次促销活动彻底搞砸了。 a total ban on cigarette advertising 香烟广告的全面禁止 He looked at her with a total lack of comprehension. 他一头雾水地望着她。 a sport that demands total commitment 需要全身心投入的体育运动2  total number/amount/cost etc HMNTOTALthe number, amount etc that is the total 总数/总量/总成本等 total sales of 200,000 per year 每年20万的销售总额 Her total income was £10,000 a year. 她一年的总收入是1万英镑。

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total• The union convened in 1873 in Cincinnati and quickly grew to encompass one hundred synagogues, half the national total.• Roller skis provide an excellent total body workout.• The Performing Arts Department's total budget for the year was $6.3 million.• The company was in total chaos before Richards arrived.• The total cost was far higher than we had expected.• But Daedalus wonders what breathable foam would be like as a total environment.• There is much to be said for moving away from total government ownership.• Students have a free choice deciding on five honours subjects, which are chosen from a total list of about thirty.• Four sectors lost a total of 5,300 jobs.• People of Chinese origin made up about 10% of the total population.• Today the rate of increase in food production has exceeded the rate of increase in the total world population.total failure/disaster• Miss Bingham's first band session was rather less than absolutely fabulous; in fact it was a total disaster.• Now she finally had to admit that it had all been a total failure.• The answer may be one or both of these and only a careful rescue package can avert a total disaster.• This work must be well organised and error-free on the night or the result will be total failure.• But they must also provide powerful facilities to reduce the proportion of total failures and to aid demanding and persistent users.• A small indulgence is viewed as a total failure, and uncontrolled rebound eating follows.• The risk of total failure is, of course, part of the price of love.total2 ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]  1  TOTALthe final number or amount of things, people etc when everything has been counted 总数，总量，总额 That’s £7 and £3.50, so the total is £10.50. 7英镑加上3.50英镑，所以总数是10.50英镑。a total of 20/100 etc A total of thirteen meetings were held to discuss the issue. 总共举行了13次会议来讨论该议题。in total There were probably about 40 people there in total. 总共可能有40人左右。the sum total (=the whole of an amount when everything is considered together) 全部，总数2  grand total a) BFTOTALthe final total, including all the totals added together 总计 → subtotal b) TOTALused humorously when you think the final total is small 〔自认为很小的〕总数〔幽默用法〕 I earned a grand total of $4.15. 我总共才挣了4.15美元。n COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a total of 100 etcThe £1,750 raised by staff has been matched by the company, making a total of £3,500.bring the total to 100 etcPolice arrested more than 200 protesters yesterday, bringing the total detained to nearly 500.add to a totalHe wants to add to his total of three Olympic gold medals.adjectivesthe final totalMrs 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 totalThe Government plans to increase the annual total of 2,500 adoptions by up to 50%.

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total• The three defendants were jailed for a total of 30 years.• Sentences were increased from a total of 72 years to 260 years in prison.• Some 250 staff will leave Maddox as a result, leaving a total of approximately 200.• The Colorado researchers tested a total of 104 people in nine families, each with at least two schizophrenics.• David Hunt yesterday welcomed the first 42 projects in a package of aid worth a total of £21.8m.• A total of $950 million was spent on the new transportation system.• The seasonally adjusted total was nevertheless better than expected.• Citation totals - the large numbers of incremental additions to the sum of human knowledge.• This would serve also to reduce the increasingly high percentage of extras in innings totals.• Cambridgeshire are 134 for 6 after 55 in reply to Northants' total of 234 for 4.• If you add 30 and 45 the total is 75.• A company spokesperson said 28,000 jobs or 70% of the total will be cut.• You had 29 points plus 33 points, so the total is 62.a total of 20/100 etc• The annular tank providing the weight was filled with granite chippings, to make a total of 20 tons.• They take the user from very simple counting and progress to adding two numbers up to a total of 20.• More than 40 people went before Judge E.. Mac Amos with a total of 100 misdemeanor offenses.

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total3 ●●○ verb (totalled, totalling British English, totaled, totaling American English)  1  [linking verb, transitive]BFTOTAL to reach a particular total 总数为，共计 The group had losses totalling $3 million this year. 该集团今年总计亏损300万美元。 RegisterTotal is used especially in journalism. In everyday English, people usually say that something makes or adds up to a particular total: total尤用于新闻报道。在日常英语中人们一般用make或add up toThree and six make nine. 三加六得九。2  [transitive] especially American English informalTTCDAMAGE to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired 彻底毁坏〔汽车〕 Chuck totaled his dad’s new Toyota. 查克把他爸爸那辆新丰田给毁了。3 total something ↔ up phrasal verb COUNT/CALCULATEto find the total number or total amount of something by adding 计算…的总和，把…相加起来 At the end of the game, total up everyone’s score to see who has won. 游戏结束时把每个人的得分加起来，看看是谁赢了。→ See Verb table

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total• An equivalent drop today would total 1,800 points.• This means that interest payments on a £50,000 mortgage over the past three years totalled £10,682.76.• The number of people included in the study totalled 170.• The company was forced to pay fines and penalties totalling $24.8.• The quantity of hazardous waste sent out-of-state for treatment totals 252,460 metric tons.• Contributions totaled $28,000.• This is some way short of percentages in recent years like 1990 for example, when the amount totalled 30 percent of sales.• Up to four Xplorer systems, totalling 64 processors, also can be connected.• The truck was totaled, but no one was hurt.• Since then, however, there has been a decline in numbers and in 1981-2 enrolments totalled some 5,400.nTotal trademark  n1.a chain of petrol stations in the UK, owned by the European company TotalFinaElfFrom Longman Business Dictionarytotalto‧tal1 /ˈtəʊtlˈtoʊ-/ adjective [only before a noun] with everything added togetherThe total cost of the project is put at £450 million.a company with total sales of £12 billion last yearHis total income is around £40,000.totaltotal2 noun [countable] the final number or amount of things when everything has been counted or added togetherWhat does the total come to?We expect to raise a total of £3.6 million.The jobless total is steadily increasing.totaltotal3 verb (totalled, totalling British English, totaled, totaling) American English [transitive] to add up to a particular totalLast year their sales totalled £364 million.The company has debts totaling $7.9 million.In order to receive benefits your savings must total less than £6,000.→ See Verb tableOrigin total1 (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin totus “whole”

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to‧tal¹ S1 W1 /ˈtəʊtl $ ˈtoʊ-/ adjective1. [usually before noun] 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.

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total² S2 W2 noun [countable]
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%.

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total³ verb (past tense and past participle totalled, present participle totalling British English, totaled, totaling American English)
1. [linking verb, transitive] to reach a particular total:
    The group had losses totalling $3 million this year.
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    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. [transitive] 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.

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Total trademark
a chain of petrol stations in the UK, owned by the European company TotalFinaElf