02 | count

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

count  / kaʊnt /   CET4 TEM4 

( counting , counted , counts )

1.  V-I When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. 数数

例： He was counting slowly under his breath.  他在低声慢慢地数数。

2.  V-T If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are. 数…的数目

例：I counted the money. It was more than five hundred dollars. 我数了数钱，有五百多美元。

例： I counted 34 wild goats grazing. 我数了有34只野山羊在吃草。

3. PHRASAL VERB Count up means the same as . 数…的数目

例： Couldn't we just count up our ballots and bring them to the courthouse? 我们不能就数好我们的选票然后把它们送到法院吗？

4.  V-I If something or someone counts for something or counts, they are important or valuable. 有价值; 有重要意义

例： Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it.  当然，慈善组织从哪里得到钱并不重要，重要的是他们用这些钱做什么。

5. V-T/V-I If something counts or is counted as a particular thing, it is regarded as being that thing, especially in particular circumstances or under particular rules. 看作

例：No one agrees on what counts as a desert. 没有人对于什么可以看作是荒漠有共识。

6. V-T If you count something when you are making a calculation, you include it in that calculation. 把…计算在内

例：It's under 7 percent only because statistics don't count the people who aren't qualified to be in the work force. 数字不到7%，这只是因为统计没有把未达劳动力标准的人算在内。

7.N-COUNT A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. 点数; 点出的数目

例：The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour. 上个月全民投票的最后计票显示支持率为56.7%。

8. COUNT You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has. 数目; 数量

例：

A glass or two of wine will not significantly add to the calorie count. 一两杯酒不会显著增加卡路里的数量。

9.N-COUNT In law, a count is one of a number of charges brought against someone in court. 罪状

例：He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名正式起诉。

10. COUNT/N-TITLE/N-VOC A count is a European nobleman. 伯爵

例：Her father was a Polish count.她父亲是波兰的一位伯爵。

11.PHRASE If you keep count of a number of things, you note or keep a record of how many have occurred. If you lose count of a number of things, you cannot remember how many have occurred. 计其数/无法计其数

例：The authorities say they are not able to keep count of the bodies still being found as bulldozers clear the rubble. 当局称他们不能记下推土机清理瓦砾时不断被找到的尸体数目。

【作业】

1）翻译下面的句子：

重要的不是发生了什么事，而是你如何应对这件事。

（参考翻译：How you respond to it counts/matters more than what happened.）

我的翻译：What counts is your attitude to the matter, not the matter itself.

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

造句：What counts the most is not what you say, but what you do.