aggregate
v
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (to sth) (fml 文) be formed or bring sb into an assembled group or amount (使)聚集; (使)集合
aggregating riches 聚集財富
aggregate sb to a political party 吸收某人加入一政黨.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) amount to (a total) 總計; 合計
The television audience aggregated 30 millions. 電視觀眾合計達3000萬人.
aggregate n
1 [C] total amount; mass or amount brought together 總計; 合計; 總量
the complete aggregate of unemployment figures 失業人數總計.
2 [U] (geology 地質) mass of minerals formed into one type of rock 聚成巖; 聚合體.
3 [U] materials (sand, gravel, etc) that are mixed with cement and water to make concrete 骨料(沙, 碎石等, 可與水泥, 水混合而成混凝土).
4 (idm 習語) in the `aggregate added together; collectively 總計; 合計; 歸結起來
The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship. 增加稅收歸結起來將造成很多困難. on `aggregate taken as a whole 整個來說; 總體上
Our team scored the most goals on aggregate. 整個來說, 我們隊得分最多. aggregate adj [attrib 作定語]
total; combined 總的; 合計的; 結合的
the aggregate sum, amount, profit, etc 總計, 總量, 總利潤.