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

• 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。
• Party B delays in paying rental and other charges amounting to over rental of one month.
  拖欠租金或其他费用达壹个月租金数额以上。
• 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。
• 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%。
• In recent years, American, British and other European politicians have transferred the cost of poor financial decisions, amounting to trillions of dollars, from the influential people who made those mistakes to taxpayers who did not.
  近年，美国、英国及其它欧洲国家的政客将糟糕金融决策的代价（总计有数万亿美元），从犯下这些错误的有影响力的人群，转移到了无辜的纳税人身上。
• 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。
• With your experience not amounting to anything, you could be a wonderful example.
  凭借你的经验，你会是一个很好的例子。注：反面教材？
• The threshold after a company's reducing registered capital shall not be less than the minimum amounting for registered capital stipulated in the preceding paragraph.
  公司减少注册资本后的最低限额，不得低于前款规定的最低注册资本额。