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单词 plus
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pluspreposition

uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/

A2 added to:

What is six plus four?
The rent will be £175 a week, plus (= added to the cost of) gas and electricity.

More examples

  • The cost is $205 plus $3 for shipping.
  • Please enclose £15.99, plus £2 for postage.
  • "Three plus three is seven. True or false?" "False."
  • It costs £1,000 a week to hire the yacht, plus a £120 returnable deposit.
  • The loan has to be repaid, plus interest, within 18 months.

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Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division

  • add
  • add (sth) up
  • addition sign
  • associative property
  • borrow
  • carry sth forward/over
  • coefficient
  • deduct
  • distributive
  • divide
  • divisible
  • divisor
  • half
  • long division
  • minus
  • multiplication table
  • multiply
  • power
  • table
  • times

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pluspreposition, conjunction

uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/

B1 and also:

There will be two adults travelling, plus three children.
informal Let's not go on holiday in August - it'll be too hot - plus it'll be more expensive.

More examples

  • We're taking Phil's luggage, plus Annie's.
  • There'll be Jenny and Darren, plus Mike and Sean.
  • We'll need a washing machine and cooker, plus a new bed.
  • Skiing would be too expensive, plus Susie doesn't like the cold.
  • Steve won't be around to help us, plus we're moving house around that time.

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Also, extra, and in addition

  • added
  • additional
  • again
  • along
  • also
  • case
  • excess
  • for good measure idiom
  • for luck idiom
  • furthermore
  • hand
  • have sth in hand idiom
  • say
  • second 1
  • side
  • the icing on the cake idiom
  • thirdly
  • to boot idiom
  • to cap it all idiom
  • to say nothing of ... idiom

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plusnoun [ C ]

uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/

plus noun [ C ] (ADVANTAGE)

B2 plural pluses or plusses informal an advantage or a good feature:

Your teaching experience will be a plus in this job.

More examples

  • On the whole it's a good proposition, the plusses seem to outweigh the minuses.
  • You've got more experience than the others, which should be a real plus in the interview.
  • The fact that we live so near my parents is a major plus from the point of view of childcare.
  • Some knowledge of accountancy techniques is a definite plus in this role.
  • Having an extra bedroom since we moved is a big plus.

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Advantage and disadvantage

  • a free ride idiom
  • a stick to beat sb with idiom
  • advantage
  • an ace up your sleeve idiom
  • attraction
  • be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
  • cash in on sth
  • edge
  • fish
  • in the right place at the right time idiom
  • it's tough at the top idiom
  • lock in sth
  • lock sb out of sth
  • lose out
  • profit
  • profit from sth
  • trouble
  • upside
  • you've got nothing to lose idiom
  • your best/strongest/trump card idiom

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plus noun [ C ] (ADDITION SIGN)

also plus sign the (+) sign, written between two numbers to show that they should be added together

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Mathematical symbols

  • addition sign
  • degree
  • division sign
  • equal sign
  • expression
  • foot
  • minus
  • multiplication sign
  • pi
  • placeholder
  • point
  • subtraction sign
  • x
  • y

plusadjective

uk/plʌs/us/plʌs/

plus adjective (ADDITION)

[ before noun ] A plus number or amount is more than zero:

Plus 8 is eight more than zero.
The temperature is expected to be no more than plus two (degrees).

[ after noun ] more than the number or amount mentioned:

temperatures of 40 plus
Those cars cost £20,000 plus.

[ after noun ] used by teachers after a letter, such as B or C, to show that the standard of a piece of work is slightly higher than the stated mark:

I got C plus/C+ for my essay.

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Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division

  • add
  • add (sth) up
  • addition sign
  • associative property
  • borrow
  • carry sth forward/over
  • coefficient
  • deduct
  • distributive
  • divide
  • divisible
  • divisor
  • half
  • long division
  • minus
  • multiplication table
  • multiply
  • power
  • table
  • times

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plus adjective (ADVANTAGE)

[ before noun ] informal used to describe an advantage or good quality that something has:

The house is near the sea, which is a plus factor for us.
UK The fact that the flight goes from our nearest airport is a real plus point.

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Advantage and disadvantage

  • a free ride idiom
  • a stick to beat sb with idiom
  • advantage
  • an ace up your sleeve idiom
  • attraction
  • be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
  • cash in on sth
  • edge
  • fish
  • in the right place at the right time idiom
  • it's tough at the top idiom
  • lock in sth
  • lock sb out of sth
  • lose out
  • profit
  • profit from sth
  • trouble
  • upside
  • you've got nothing to lose idiom
  • your best/strongest/trump card idiom

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