count
verb/kaʊnt/
/kaʊnt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they count | /kaʊnt/ /kaʊnt/ |
he / she / it counts | /kaʊnts/ /kaʊnts/ |
past simple counted | /ˈkaʊntɪd/ /ˈkaʊntɪd/ |
past participle counted | /ˈkaʊntɪd/ /ˈkaʊntɪd/ |
-ing form counting | /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ |
(按顺序)数数 - Billy can't count yet.
比利还不会数数。 - count (up) to something She can count up to 10 in Italian.
她可以用意大利语数到 10。 - count from something (to/up to something) to count from 1 to 10
从 1 数到 10
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2- He can now count from one to twenty.
他现在可以从一数到二十。 - We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends.
我们数到五十,然后出发去寻找我们的朋友。
- Billy can't count yet.
计算(或清点)总数 - count something (up) They're still counting votes in Texas.
得克萨斯州还在计票。 - I can't count the number of times I've eaten there (= I've eaten there very many times).
我数不清在那儿吃过多少次了。 - The diet is based on counting calories.
这个饮食安排以热量统计为根据。 - count (up) how many… She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.
她开始计算他们得邀请多少位客人。 - count from… There are twelve weeks to go, counting from today.
从今天算起还有十二个星期。
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2- She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side.
她仔细地数了数剩余的硬币,然后把它们放在一边。 - We counted up our money.
我们数了数钱。
- count something (up) They're still counting votes in Texas.
把…算入;包括 - We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.
不算小孩,我们邀请了 50 人。 - The tour guide was sure one person was missing from the group until she realized she had forgotten to count herself.
导游确信这群人中少了一个人,直到她意识到自己忘了数自己。
- We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.
synonym matter重要 - It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts.
这将是一场势均力敌的选举,所以每一张选票都很重要。 - Every point in this game counts.
这场比赛每一分都很重要。 - With our busy lives today we have less and less time for what really counts.
如今,我们的生活忙碌,我们花在真正重要事情上的时间越来越少。 - It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift).
贵在心意。 - count for something The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him.
她已道歉,但他认为这没有用。
- It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts.
(被)正式接纳,正式认可 - Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
别越过那条线,否则你的投掷就会被判无效。 - The goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside.
无论如何,这个进球都不算数,因为边裁举旗示意越位。 - The home team's manager protested that the run should count.
主队经理抗议说,跑动应该算数。 - count something Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.
7 月 1 日以后收到的申请书将不予受理。
- Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
- [intransitive, transitive] to consider somebody/something in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way
认为;看作;算作;被视为 - count (somebody/something) as somebody/something For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
那笔钱算作收入,需要纳税。 - count somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something I count him among my closest friends.
我把他看作我最亲密的朋友之一。 - count somebody/something/yourself + adj. I count myself lucky to have known him.
和他相识,我觉得很幸运。 - count somebody/something/yourself + noun She counts herself one of the lucky ones.
她认为自己是一个幸运儿。 - I count it a privilege to have served alongside him.
我很荣幸能与他并肩作战。
- count (somebody/something) as somebody/something For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
say numbers
find total
include
matter
accept officially
consider
Word Originverb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.
Idioms
…and counting
- used to say that a total is continuing to increase
(总数)仍在继续增加 - The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting.
这部电影的票房共 3 900 万美元,还在继续上升。
- The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting.
be able to count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand
- used to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small
屈指可数;寥寥无几 - She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.
她真正喜欢与之交往的人屈指可数。 - Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand.
她认识很多人,但朋友却屈指可数。
- She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.
count your blessings
- to be grateful for the good things in your life
知足
count the cost (of something)
- to feel the bad effects of a mistake, an accident, etc.
感受(错误、事故等造成的)不利后果 - The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
这个镇未采取充分的防洪措施,现在尝到苦头了。
- The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
count sheep
- to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep
数(假想中跳过栅栏的)羊以求入睡
don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched)
- (saying) you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong
Topics Successc2不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡;别过早打如意算盘
stand up and be counted
- to say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something
公开表示支持(或赞同) - Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction.
每个人都需要站出来,让他们看到我们信念的力量。
- Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction.
who’s counting?
- (informal) used to say that you do not care how many times something happens
(表示不管发生多少次)谁在乎呢,管它呢 - I've seen the film five times, but who's counting?
这部电影我看了五遍,管它呢。
- I've seen the film five times, but who's counting?