/ˈægrɪgət/
1
- a whole formed by combining several (often disparate) elements总数, 合计, 集合：
the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies.
该委员会由三个地区性机构组成。
1.1
- the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round（多场或多回合比赛的）总积分：
mass noun the result put the sides level on aggregate.结果是双方积分持平。
2
- a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together集料聚合体。
2.1
- mass noun pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete, or more generally in building and construction work集料, 混凝料, 骨料。
/ˈægrɪgət/
attrib.
1- formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items; total总计的, 合计的：
the aggregate amount of grants made.
总计捐赠。
1.1
- Botany (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species【植】（种群）聚生的。
1.2
- Economics denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time【经济】总量的：
aggregate demand
总需求
aggregate supply.
总供给。
/ˈægrɪgeɪt/
- form or group into a class or cluster集合, 聚集：
with obj. socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation.社会职业群体集合了从事相似职业的人。
短语
in (the) aggregate
- in total; as a whole总体; 整体。
派生词
aggregation
nounaggregative
/ˈægrɪˌgeɪtɪv/ adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin aggregat- 'herded together'， from the verb aggregare, from ad- 'towards'+grex, greg- 'a flock'.