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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. 总数

The companies have a total of 1,776 employees. 这些公司总共有1776名雇员。

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. 总的[ADJ n]

They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand. 他们说死于疯牛病的奶牛总数会有2万头。

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

I was with my husband for eight years in total. 我和我丈夫在一起总共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. 总计为

The unit's exports will total $85 million this year. 今年该单位的出口总计将达8500万美元。

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. 彻底撞毁 (车辆)[美国英语] [非正式]

Buddy totalled his car. 巴迪彻底撞毁了他的车。

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[强调]

You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three. 如果你在二十三岁左右还没结婚，就是一个彻底的失败者。

7. totallyADV 完全地

Young people want something totally different from the old ways. 年轻人想要完全不同于老路子的东西。