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aggregate
ag.gre.gate  AHD[²g“r¹-g¹t]   DJ[6#gr!g!t]  KK[6#gr!g!t]
adj.（形容词）
1.Constituting or amounting to a whole; total:
    聚集的；合计的：组成或合计在一起的；总计的：
    aggregate sales in that market.
    那个市场的总销售量
2.Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.
  【植物学】 丛生的，聚生的：聚集成密丛的
3.Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
    聚合的：由可用机械方式分离的混合矿物组成的
n.（名词）
1.A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount:
    总数；合计：把聚集的各部分看作一个总数；总数：
  “An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head”(&b{Edmund Burke})
    “帝国是具有共同首脑的多个国家的总和”(埃德蒙·伯克)
2.The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.
    集料，骨料，粒料：用于制造混凝土的矿物材料，如沙或石
v.tr.（及物动词）  ag.gre.gat.ed,ag.gre.gat.ing,ag.gre.gates[-g³t”]  
1.To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.
    使聚集，使积聚：使聚集成团块、总体或整体
2.To amount to; total.
    总计达；总数有
IDIOMS
▪in the aggregate: Taken into account as a whole:
    总共：作为总体计算：
    Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000.
    12月份的单位销售量总数达到十万
ORIGIN
1.Middle Englishaggregat
    中古英语aggregat
2.from Latinaggreg³tus [past participle of] aggreg³re [to add to]
    源自 拉丁语aggreg³tus  [] aggreg³re的过去分词 [加]
3.ad- [ad-]
    ad- [前缀，表“朝向”]
4.greg³re [to collect]  fromgrex  greg- [flock] * see  ger-
    greg³re [收集]  源自grex  greg- [一群] *参见 ger-
DERIVATIVES
▪ag“gregately  adv.（副词）
▪ag”grega“tion  n.（名词）
▪ag“grega”tive  adj.（形容词）
▪ag“grega”tor  n.（名词）