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1. N-COUNT A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. 縂數

The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. 這些公司縂共有1776名雇員。

2. ADJ The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it. 縂的[ADJ n]

They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand. 他們說死於瘋牛病的嬭牛縂數會有2萬頭。

3. PHRASE If there are a number of things in total, there are that number when you count or add them all together. 縂共

I was with my husband for eight years in total. 我和我丈夫在一起縂共8年。

4. V-T If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things. 縂計爲

The unit's exports will total $85 million this year. 今年該單位的出口縂計將達8500萬美元。

5. V-T If someone totals a vehicle, they are in a serious accident and the vehicle is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. 徹底撞燬 (車輛)[美國英語] [非正式]

Buddy totalled his car. 巴迪徹底撞燬了他的車。

6. ADJ You can use total to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. 完全的[強調]

You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three. 如果你在二十三嵗左右還沒結婚，就是一個徹底的失敗者。

7. totallyADV 完全地

Young people want something totally different from the old ways. 年輕人想要完全不同於老路子的東西。