aggregates

adj.合计的；总的

n.总计；进球总数；集料

v.（使）聚集；总计

What were your aggregate wages last year? 去年你的工资一共是多少?

The cause of unemployment was inadequate aggregate demand. 失业的原因在于总需求不足。

Manager wants to know the aggregate sales in that market. 经理想知道那个市场的总销售量。

The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship. 增加税收归结起来将造成很多困难。

This mixture of pozzolana and lime was then added to an aggregate. 人们把火山灰与石灰的混合物加到集料中。

Occasionally the cells might aggregate to form lentoid bodies. 偶而，细胞能聚集形成类晶体球体。

The television audience aggregated 30 millions. 电视观众合计达3000万人。

The sum will aggregate a thousand dollars. 总额共计一千元。

aggregate的基本意思是“总数；总合”，指把某数目的各个部分加在一起。较sum正式。

aggregate在工程术语中还作可成混凝土或修路用的“骨料；集料”解，指不经融合其成分而形成的整体。一般用作不可数名词，指种类时也可用作可数名词。

aggregate只用作前置定语，不用于比较等级。

aggregate用作动词时意义与用作名词时相同。

aggregate作“把…加起来”接时用作及物动词，作“总计为〔达〕…”解时用作系动词，接数量短语作表语。