单词 | aggregate |
释义 | ag·gre·gate (ăgrĭ-gĭt) adj. 1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market. 2. Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. 3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. n. 1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount: "An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head" (Edmund Burke). 2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete. v. (-gāt′) ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates v.tr. 1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole: aggregated the donations into one bank account. 2. To amount to; total: Revenues will aggregate more than one million dollars. 3. To collect (content from different sources on the internet) into one webpage or newsreader. v.intr. Idiom: To come together or collect in a mass or whole: "Some [bacteria]aggregate so closely as to mimic a multicellular organism" (Gina Kolata). "The first stars began to form when hydrogen and helium gas left over from the Big Bang aggregated into dense clouds" (Paul Davies). in the aggregate Taken into account as a whole: Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000. [Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggregātus, past participle of aggregāre, to add to : ad-, ad- + gregāre, to collect (from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] aggre·gate·ly adv. ag′gre·gation n. aggre·ga′tive adj. |
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