add
verb [ I or T ] uk/æd/ us/æd/
A2 加，相法
to put two or more numbers or amounts together to get a total
If you add (= calculate the total of) three and four you get seven. 3加4等于7。
It's $45 - $50 if you add in (= include) the cost of postage. 45美元——加上邮资共50美元。
Don't forget to add on your travelling expenses/add your expenses on. 不要忘了把你的旅费／花费算进去。
A2 增加；添加
to put something with something else to increase the number or amount or to improve the whole
Beat the butter and sugar together and slowly add the eggs. 把黄油和糖搅拌在一起，再慢慢把鸡蛋打进去。
She's added a Picasso to her collection. 她的收藏中增添了一件毕加索的画作。
Her colleagues' laughter only added to (= increased) her embarrassment. 她的同事们笑了起来，这使她更加难堪了。
B1 补充说;继续说
to say another thing
[ + that ] She was sad, she said, but added (= said also) that she felt she had made the right decision. 她说她很伤心，但是接着又说她觉得自己作出的决定是正确的。
[ + speech ] "Oh, and thank you for all your help!" he added as he was leaving. “噢，多谢你的帮助！”他在离开时补充道。
- More examples
- First, fry the garlic. Next, add the ginger.
- You have to add the cost of postage to the subtotal.
- If you add the plural inflection '-s' to 'dog' you get 'dogs'.
- Two of the cathedral's chapels were added later - the Lady Chapel and the Chapel of St Paul.
- Have you anything further to add to the discussion?
Idioms
not add upidiom informal 说不通，不合情理
If a situation does not add up, there is no reasonable or likely explanation for it.
Why would she disappear the day before her holiday? It just doesn't add up. 她为什么会在假期的前一天不见踪影了呢？这不合情理呀。
to add insult to injuryidiom C2 雪上加霜；往伤口上撒盐
said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you
They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay my expenses! 他们说我太老了，做不了这个工作。更让人受不了的是，他们还拒绝支付我的费用！
Phrasal verbs
add on something 增加；添加；扩建
to include or build something extra
We’ve added on a couple of rooms to the house. 我们扩建了这座房子，增加了两个房间。
add (something) upB1 （把…）加起来，求（…的）和
to calculate the total of two or more numbers
If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £1,500. 这4个数字加起来总额超过1,500英镑。
She added the bill up. 她合计了一下账单。
I'm not very good at adding up! 我不大擅长加法！
add up to something 总共是;合计为
to become a particular amount
The various building programmes add up to several thousand new homes. 各项住宅建设计划总共将为人们提供几千套新住房。
We thought we'd bought lots of food, but it didn't add up to much when we'd spread it out on the table. 我们还觉得自己买了不少吃的东西呢，可一摆到饭桌上，还真是没有多少。
结果是;表示;意味着
to have a particular result or effect
It all added up to a lot of hard work for all of us. 结果这给我们所有人都添了一大堆工作。
Their proposals do not add up to any real help for the poor. 他们的建议没给穷人带来任何实质性帮助。