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sum AMOUNT OF MONEYsQmn [C]an amount of money金额Huge sums of money are spent on national defence.国防开支花费了巨额资金。Nobody knows exactly how much compensation she received but it was certainly a substantial five-figure sum.没人确切地知道她究竟获得多少赔偿金，但可以肯定那是一笔五位数的巨款。The American show-business magazine is being bought by the publishing giant for an undisclosed sum.这家美国娱乐杂志正被一位出版界巨头以未公开的价格收购。He'll get ￡50 000 from the company when he retires which is a tidy (= large) sum.他退休时将从公司领取一笔50 000英镑的巨款。(humorous) I worked for three whole weeks for which I received the princely (= very low) sum of $100.我工作了整整三星期却只得到区区100美元报酬。
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