amounting

英 [əˈmaʊntɪŋ]

美 [əˈmaʊntɪŋ]

v.  合计，共计; 等同，接近
amount的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 总数；总额
  Theamount ofsomething is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  1. He needs that amount of money to survive...
     他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
  2. I still do a certain amount of work for them...
     我仍然为他们做一些工作。
  3. Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.
     邮政汇票的金额最高可达700美元。
• VERB 合计；共计
  If somethingamounts toa particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
  1. Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion.
     消费者在体育相关产品上的花费共计97.5亿英镑。
• PHRASE 大量
  If you say that there isany amount ofsomething, there is a lot of it. If you say that there areany amount ofpeople or things, there are many people or things.
  1. I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice...
     多少钱我都可以马上弄到。
  2. There are any amount of clubs you could join.
     有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。

You should avoid using a plural noun afteramount of; instead you should usenumber ofwith a plural noun....the number of people out of work.
amount of后不用复数名词，而number of后要用复数名词：the number of people out of work（失业人数）。

双语例句

• Office printing is a huge market, amounting to$ 81 billion last year, according to IDC.
  据IDC的报道，办公市场商机巨大，去年这个市场的总销量达到了810亿美元。
• China ′ s import and export mix was more optimized with the proportion of electromechanical products and hi-tech products in the export total amounting to42.3% and14.8%.
  我国进出口商品结构进一步优化，机电产品和高新技术产品占我国出口总额的比重分别达到42.3%和14.8%。
• We've drawn on you for payment of the invoice amounting to$ 20,000.
  我们已经根据发票金额20000美圆向你方开出了汇票。
• But both these inflows of foreign exchange were outdone by a record outflow of other kinds of capital, amounting to a net$ 110 billion.
  但是其他形式的资本大量流出，远超过了这些外汇资本的流入，其净额达到1100亿美元。
• There are several kinds of gas in the air, with nitrogen amounting to the most part.
  空气中有好几种气体，氮所占的比重最大。
• Several times we have sold goods amounting to eight million dollars, but have never experienced a delay in payment.
  我们有几次卖给该公司高达八百万美元的货物，但它从未施欠过货款。
• As stated therein, you are requested to issue a General Average Guarantee on our behalf in order that we, as consignee, need not pay the deposit amounting to13% of the CIF value of the cargo.
  正如本函中所述，请代我公司签发一份共同海损证书，以使我方不必支付该批货物CIF价值13%的押金。
• He displayed an originality amounting almost to genius.
  他显示出近乎天才的创造力。
• Today, around one third of urban dwellers, amounting to nearly one billion people, live in urban slums, informal settings, or pavement tents.
  今天，约三分之一的城市居民，即近10亿人，生活在城市贫民窟、不正式的居所或路边的帐篷中。
• Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the ratification of an unauthorized signature not amounting to a forgery.
  但本条对追认未经授权但不属伪冒之签名，并无影响。