等于；相當于；意味著 be equal to or the same as sth; signify
amount to sth
The bill amounts to $500.
這張賬單共計500美元。
Our debts amount to over $1000.
我們的負債總共超過了1000美元。
The loss from the flood amounts to ten million dollars.
水災造成的損失達1000萬美元。
The total expenses amount to a thousand yuan .
全部費用合計達1000元。
The four sums together amount to a lot of money.
這四筆金額加在一起就是很多錢。
The number of books published this year amounts to over a million.
今年出版的書籍達100萬冊以上。
His works published since 1956 amount to nearly four mill on words.
自1956年以來，他發表的作品近400萬字。
His earnings are said to amount to ￡300,000 per annum.
據說他每年的酬金高達30萬英鎊。
I cannot afford the trip to New York,because the travelling expenses would amount to at least $3000 if I went.
到紐約旅行我去不起，因為我如果去的話，這趟旅費至少也得要三千美元。
Their total grain output amounted to 5 million kilograms last year.
去年他們的糧食總產量達500萬公斤。
His income for that year amounted to￡15,000.
他那年的收入達15,000英鎊。
The annual cost of income support to unmarried mothers amounted to ￡700 million in that year.
該年對未婚母親收入補助的全年花費總計達7億英鎊。
The oil company\\\'s net profits amounted to more than 1000 million dollars.
這家石油公司每年的凈利達10億美元以上。
The output of these small factories amounted to 70 percent of the province\\\'s total.
這些小廠的產量占全省總產量的70%。
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Her reply amounts to a refusal.
她的回答等于拒絕。
Two dates in nine years hardly amounts to an active social life.
九年中有兩次約會很難算是社交。
Such aids amount to economic aggression.
這種援助其實是經濟侵略。
Their actions amount to a breach of contract.
他們的行為已屬違反合同。
What it amounts to is simply that he is not willing to give us his support.
那只是表明他不愿意支持我們。
Whether you go or she goes amounts to the same thing.
不管你去還是她去都一樣。
With his intelligence, he should amount to something when he grows up.
憑他的智力，他長大后定成大器。
If he goes on like this,he\\\'ll never amount to anything.
如果他一味這樣下去，他將一事無成。
His words amounted to a threat.
他的話實際上是威脅。
It amounted to no more than this.
這件事不過如此而已。
The court decided that the company\\\'s actions amounted to unfair dismissal.
法庭裁定公司的行為是不合理解雇。
He gave what amounted to an apology on behalf of his company.
他代表公司算是作了一番道歉。
I don\\\'t quite make out what it\\\'s going to amount to.
我不大明白，這究竟算得了什么呢？
Borrowing money and not returning it amounts to stealing.
借了錢不還就等于偷。
Keeping silent in this case amounts to supporting the speaker.
在這種情況下保持沉默，就等于支持發言者。
Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing.
把屬于別人的東西據為己有，實際上就是偷竊。
Not punishing these hooligans amounts to condoning their behaviour.
不懲處這些無賴就意味著寬恕他們的行為。
It amounts to saying that they have failed in their experiment.
那等于說他們試驗失敗了。
To declare her innocent would amount to admitting his own fault.
宣布她無罪等于承認他自己有錯。