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单词 summing-up
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summing-upadj.

Brit. /ˌsʌmɪŋˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌsəmɪŋˈəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summing adj., up adv.1
Etymology: < summing adj. + up adv.1, after to sum up (see sum v.1). Compare earlier summarizing adj., summary adj., summing adj., and also earlier summing up n.
That summarizes or sums something up; that constitutes a summary.
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1819 Morning Chron. 27 Feb. The summing-up speech of Mr. Tierney was unanswerable.
1887 Homœopathic World Nov. 501 The president made a few summing-up remarks.
1972 Slavic Rev. 31 916 Excellent introductory and summing-up paragraphs provide guideposts for the reader.
2006 A. Bergman in L. Gonäs & J. Karlsson Gender Segregation iv. 47 The chapter concludes with a summing-up discussion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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