Tra từ sum - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sum AW [sum sums summed summing] noun, verb BrE [sʌm] NAmE [sʌm]
noun
1. countable ~ (of sth) an amount of money
• You will be fined the sum of £200.
•a large sum of money
•a six-figure sum
• Huge sums have been invested in this project.
see also ↑lump sum
2. countable, usually singular ~ (of sth) the number you get when you add two or more numbers together
• The sum of 7 and 12 is 19.
3. (also ˌsum ˈtotal)singular the ~ of sth all of sth, especially when you think that it is not very much
• This is the sum of my achievements so far.
4. countable a simple problem that involves calculating numbers
•to do a sum in your head
•I was good at sums at school.
•If I've got my sums right, I should be able to afford the rent.

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.

Example Bank:
•£200 was an astronomical sum of money in 1547.
•Calculate the sum of the following figures.
•For his first book he received the princely sum of $400.
•He joined the club two years ago for a record sum.
•How can we repay such a large sum?
•I did a quick sum to work out how much it would cost.
•It seemed an absurdly high sum to pay for a coat.
•My wife would receive a guaranteed lump sum in the event of my death.
•Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy sum at today's auction.
•The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises.
•The company got its sums wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract.
•The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings.
•The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages.
•The landlord has the right to recover any sums payable under this lease
•The sum of two and five is seven.
•The team has raised substantial sums for local charities.
•The team is greater than the sum of its parts.
•We eventually agreed a sum and I gave him a cheque.
•You will have to go to court to recover these sums.
•a project that cost vast sums of public money
•He is now earning a six-figure sum.
•She inherited a large sum of money when her father died.
•She was given a lump sum.
Idioms: ↑in sum ▪ ↑more than the sum of its parts
Derived: ↑sum somebody up ▪ ↑sum something up ▪ ↑sum up

verb (-mm-)
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin summa ‘main part, sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest’.

Language Bank:
conclusion
Summing up an argument
In conclusion ▪, the study has provided useful insights into the issues relating to people's perception of crime.
▪ Based on this study, it can be concluded that ▪ the introduction of new street lighting did not reduce reported crime.
To sum up ▪, no evidence can be found to support the view that improved street lighting reduces reported crime.
▪ The available evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that ▪ the media do have an influence on the public perception of crime.
The main conclusion to be drawn from ▪ this study is that public perception of crime is significantly influenced by crime news reporting.
This study has shown that ▪ people's fear of crime is out of all proportion to crime itself.
▪ Fear of crime is out of all proportion to the actual level of crime, and the reasons for this can be summarized as follows ▪. First…
Overall ▪ / In general ▪, women are more likely than men to feel insecure walking alone after dark.
Language Banks at ↑emphasis, ↑first, ↑generally

Example Bank:
•‘So we're stuck in this place with no food?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’
•‘So we're stuck in this place, with no food, no heat, no light and no prospect of anyone coming to rescue us?’ ‘That just about sums it up.’
•Her whole philosophy can be summed up as ‘so what?’.
•She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I've ever attended’.
•The appeal of this charming little town is hard to sum up.
•The report attempts to sum up recent economic trends.

See also: ↑sum total