| 单词 | summation |
| 释义 | summation (once / 17881 pages) n A summation is a final review or conclusion, often given in a court of law. As the incompetent lawyer approached the bench for the final time, he told the judge and jury, "In summation, my client is guilty of all charges." At the end of every court case, both the defense and prosecution give a summation — a quick rundown of all the facts from the case to help the jury decide on a verdict. When used outside of the courtroom, summation simply means recounting a group of items or events. At the end of a father-son camping trip, the son gives his mother a summation of the trip. You'll note that summation begins with the prefix sum-, meaning "to add up." In fact, another definition for summation is the process of adding things together, or the final sum. WORD FAMILYsummation: summational, summations+/sum: summate, summation, summed, summing, sums/summate: summated, summating USAGE EXAMPLESThey are, in a perfectly academic summation, “demoralizing but informative.” Slate(Dec 22, 2016) The press briefing room at the White House was so crowded for Obama’s final end-of-year summation that one journalist fainted and required medical attention. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Two artists present summations of a sort, both in the form of common art-museum offerings. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) 1n the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers the summation of four and three gives seven Syn|Hyper addition, plus arithmetic operation a mathematical operation involving numbers 2n the final aggregate Syn|Hypo|Hyper sum, sum total aggregate, congeries, conglomeration a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 3n a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) Syn|Hyper rundown, summing up sum-up, summary a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form 4n (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce Hyper biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms |
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