sum up

phrasal verbphr v

a) SUMMARIZEto give the main information in a report, speech etc in a short statement at the end 概括，总结，概述 SYN summarize

Gerald will open the debate and I will sum up.

杰拉尔德将第一个开始辩论，而我将进行总结。

to sum up

To sum up, for a healthy heart you must take regular exercise and stop smoking.

总之，为了心脏健康，你必须经常锻炼并戒烟。

sum something ↔ up

In your final paragraph, sum up your argument.

在最后一段，总结一下你的论点。

b) when a judge sums up or sums up the case at the end of a trial, he or she explains the main facts of the case 〔法官在庭审结束前〕概述 → summing-up

c) sum something ↔ up to describe something using only a few words 简而言之 SYN summarize

The city’s problem can be summed up in three words: too many people.

这个城市的问题可以用三个字来概括: 人太多。

d) sum something ↔ up to show the most typical qualities of someone or something 说明某事物的典型特征

That image sums up the whole film.

那幅画面概括了影片的全部内容。

e) sum somebody/something ↔ upJUDGE to form a judgment or opinion about someone or something 对某人/某事物作出判断；对某人/某事物形成意见 SYN assess

Pat summed up the situation at a glance.

帕特一眼就看清了当时的情势。

f) that (about) sums it up spokenFINISH/COME TO AN END used to say that a description of a situation is correct 主要情况（差不多）就是这样

‘So you want us to help you change but you don’t believe change is possible?’ ‘That about sums it up.’

“这么说你是想让我们帮助你改变，却又觉得不可能改变，是吧？”“差不多就是这个意思。”

Examples from the Corpus

sum up• The Chairman's job was to introduce the speakers and to sum up at the end of the debate.• I couldn't have summed it up better.• The last section of the report sums up the arguments on both sides.• In these few words the president summed up the feelings of the whole nation.

to sum up• This great work, appearing over a quarter of a century, was intended to sum up all available knowledge.• But to sum up, he is beginning to feel that lawyers have contributed significantly to the disintegration of our country.• The room seemed to sum up his life: his future seemed as bleak as this cubicle.• In Whitehall, three words came to sum up the appointments policy.• Three words to sum up the feelings of the Hereford fans on Saturday.• It is possible to sum up the Pauline arguments in terms of two directives.• Positive thought for the day On this last day I want to sum up the things we have discussed.• In trying to sum up what this Green Movement is you need to distinguish between two important polarities, or tendencies.

that (about) sums it up• This was their task but that sums it up too simply.

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