add up与add up to的辨析

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add up

1. To calculate the sum or total of multiple items.把…加起来，合计

• Can you add up these numbers? I’m worried I made an error in my calculations.

你能帮我把这些数加起来吗？我担心自己算错了。

2. To be logical or believable.合乎情理，有道理

• I listened to Jill’s explanation, but I’m still skeptical—something just doesn’t add up.

我听了吉尔的解释，但还是怀疑–哪里不对。

3. To become a significant amount. Usually used in reference to increasing expenses.积少成多

• With all of the driving I do for work, the cost of gas and maintenance really starts to add up.

我上班每天开车的话，汽油和保养开支就大多了。

• when you are feeding a family of six the bills soon add up .

你要养活一家六口，费用很快就大起来了。

4. To judge someone or something判断，评价

• As I waited for my interview to start, I studied the other candidates and added up my competition.

我在等候开始面试之际，研究其他候选人的同时也在判断自己的竞争力。

add up to

1.to make a total amount of something总计

• The numbers add up to exactly 100.

这些数总计恰好是100.

• The cash in the drawer doesn’t add up to the amount of sales we made today.

抽屉里的这些现金加起来都抵不过我们今天的销售额。

• These new details do not add up to the story the witnesses told us.

这些新细节的所有内容与目击者告诉我们的内容不同。

2.to lead to a particular result; to show something结果是，表示

• These clues don’t really add up to very much (= give us very little information).

这些线索并不能说明什么。

• The smooth airline connections, luxury hotel, and fine weather added up to the best vacation we’d ever had .

畅通无阻的航空联运，奢侈的酒店，晴朗的天气成就了这是我们度过的最棒的假期。