mindmap root((总和)) sum applies to the result of addition of numbers or particulars: thought of his car as more than the ~ of its parts. amount implies the result of combining sums or weights or measures into a whole: the ~ of cotton raised last year. number suggests a countable aggregate of persons or things: a large ~ of apples. aggregate implies a counting or considering together of all the distinct individuals or particulars of a group or a collection: errors that are individually insignificant but in their ~ destroy confidence. total suggests the completeness or inclusiveness of the result and may stress magnitude in the result: counted a ~ of 328 paying customers. whole close to total, emphasizes unity in what is summed up: wanted the individual elements to create a cohesive ~. (cohesive 1统一的，2凝聚的: 指紧密联系的整体，如例句表示统一，又如they had no group cohesiveness他们没有团队凝聚力，表示凝聚力，注意不要错写成cohensive quantity applies to things measured in bulk, even though they can be counted: a ~ of carrots; or to anything that is measurable in extent, duration, volume, magnitude, intensity, or value: the ~ of work performed.