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  • Conjugation : past  totaled ; past  totalled ; ing  totaling ; ing  totalling
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

total ['təutl]
  1. 1. adjective [+number] [ workforce] [ cost etc] 总的
  2. 2. adjective [+failure] [ wreck] [ stranger] (complete) 完全的
  3. 3. noun [c] (sum of money, number) 总数
    The companies have a total of 1776 employees.
    公司总共有1776名员工。
  4. 4. vt. (add up) 加起来
    Votes cast for each candidate will be totalled.
    每个候选人的选票要被加起来。
  5. 5. vt. (add up to) 总计
    1980 revenues totalled 18 billion dollars.
    1980年税收总计180亿美元。
    in total
    总共

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

total [ 'totl] [ 'təutl]
  1. 1. adjective 全体的；总计的
    The total cost is three dollars and fifteen cents.
    共消费3美元15美分。
  2. 2. adjective 完全的；全然的；绝对的
    a total loss
    (保险的)全部损失
    The German fans were in total silence after Italy scored the goal.
    意大利队进了一个球后，德国球迷鸦雀无声。
    The hurricane created a total disaster.
    飓风造成了一场巨大灾难。
  3. 3. noun 总数；总额；合计
    A total of 15 cars were sold yesterday.
    昨天共售出了15辆车。
    In over two hours of trading, we made only one hundred dollars in total.
    在两个多小时的交易过程中，我们只赚了100美金。
  4. 4. vt. 计算…的总数；将…相加
    We totaled up the money we had both earned, and then spent it together on ice cream.
    我们把赚的钱放在一起买了冰淇淋。
  5. 5. vt. 总数达；合计为
  6. 6. vt. [slang] [American English] 彻底毁坏；砸烂（汽车等）
  7. 7. vi. 合计
  8. 8. vi. 被彻底毁掉；弄伤

Collins English-English Dictionary

total ['təυtəl]
  1. 1. n the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
  2. 2. adj complete; absolute
    the evening was a total failure
    a total eclipse
  3. 3. adj [prenominal] being or related to a total
    the total number of passengers
  4. 4. vb [when intr] [ sometimes foll by to] to amount
    to total six pounds
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to add up
    to total a list of prices
  6. 6. vt. [tr] [slang] to kill or badly injure (someone)
  7. 7. vt. [tr] [chiefly US] to damage (a vehicle) beyond repair
  8. 8. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin totus all
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Examples

the grand total
总计数 → grand
a total loss
(保险的)全部损失 → total
The government has announced an increase of 20% of the total incomes for 2007.
政府宣布2007年总收入提高了20%。 → announce
The total salary will be from 20,000 to 50,000 Euro per annum, payable monthly.
每年的总薪资为2万到5万欧元，按月支付。 → -able
Core academic classes will meet for a total of five periods on the six school days.
一周六天上课时间中共有五节核心学术课。 → academic
A total of 15 cars were sold yesterday.
昨天共售出了15辆车。 → total
In over two hours of trading, we made only one hundred dollars in total.
在两个多小时的交易过程中，我们只赚了100美金。 → total
The total cost is three dollars and fifteen cents.
共消费3美元15美分。 → total
The German fans were in total silence after Italy scored the goal.
意大利队进了一个球后，德国球迷鸦雀无声。 → total
The hurricane created a total disaster.
飓风造成了一场巨大灾难。 → total
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