Front | aggregate |
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Pron | ['æɡrɪɡət] |
Back | 【aggregate】 v.集合;合计 The power of the allies aggregated together was great, though individually some were quite weak. 尽管个人的力量相当微弱,只要团结起来,便可汇成一股强大的力量。 His various wages for the year aggregated $22,000. 一年内,他的各种工资总计有两万两千元。 |
Vocab | aggregatea sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
To aggregate is to collect many units into one. If you're writing a novel, you might create a character who is an aggregate of five or six real people. Aggregate comes from the Latin verb aggregare, which means to add to. As a verb it means to collect into a mass or whole. You can also use it as an adjective, as in your aggregate sales for February, March and April. It can also be a noun. The mountain of foam in bubble bath is an aggregate of small bubbles. If you plan to work in economics or business, expect to see the word aggregate quite a lot. All forms of 'aggregate' will appear on average once every 825 pages. aggregate aggregated aggregation aggregative aggregator |
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