add up

加起来； 总计； 说的通

The Numbers simply don't add up.(数字不会简单地加起来。)

Add up all the income you've received over the period in question.(把相关时期内你获得的所有收入加起来。)

You have a nice grid pattern and you can use a city block metric to add up the number of blocks between people's doors.(你有一个很好的网格模式，你可以使用一个城市街区的度量来增加人们之间的街区数量。)

When you're feeding a family of six the bills soon add up.(你要养活一家六口，开支很快就大起来了。)

The waiter can't add up.(这个服务员不会算账。)

In general, pull factors add up to an apparently better chance for a good life and material well-being than is offered by the place of origin.(一般来说，促使因素叠加显然比原产地提供的条件更易获得良好的生活和物质福利。)

Many small victories add up to a big one.(积小胜为大胜。)

This is hopeless. These figures still don't add up right. Let's do the calculations over again.(这是没有希望的。这些数字加起来还是不对。让我们再重算一遍。)

His story just doesn't add up.(他说的情况根本不合情理。)

The figures add up to 592.(这些数累计起来是592。)

add up

verb

1. determine the sum of

e.g. Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

Synonym: totaltottot upsumsum upsummatetote upaddadd togethertally

2. be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

Synonym: make sense

3. develop into

e.g. This idea will never amount to anything
nothing came of his grandiose plans

Synonym: comeamount

4. add up in number or quantity

e.g. The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000

Synonym: totalnumbercomeamount

1. -> see add 2

2. 合乎情理；说得通
If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.

e.g. Police said they arrested Olivia because her statements did not add up...
警方说他们之所以逮捕奥利维娅是因为她无法自圆其说。
e.g. Well, I could be wrong, but it all seems to add up.
嗯，我也不一定对，但是一切似乎都讲得通。

3. 积少成多；聚沙成塔
If small amounts of something add up, they gradually increase.

e.g. Even small savings can add up...
甚至从小处节省下来的钱也能积少成多。
e.g. It's the little minor problems that add up.
就是小问题才会累积。