add up

合計する、足し合わせる

二つ以上の数や量を足し合わせ、合計を求めること。

やさしい英語で： Find the total by putting two or more numbers or amounts together.

• Add up these numbers.
• She added up the prices on the list.
• Have you added all the scores up?

使い方： add something up (Add the costs up before you decide.)

類義語： total, sum

よく使う表現： add up the numbers, add something up

積み重なる、合計になる

少しずつ量が増えること。また、合わせてある合計になること。

やさしい英語で： Gradually become a larger amount or together make a particular total.

• Small costs soon add up.
• Our savings added up to enough for a holiday.
• Those extra minutes add up over a year.

使い方： add up to an amount (The fees add up to fifty euros.)

類義語： accumulate, amount to

よく使う表現： costs add up, add up to something

筋が通る、つじつまが合う

筋が通っていて、分かっている事実と矛盾しないこと。

やさしい英語で： Seem reasonable and fit with the facts you know.

• His story does not add up.
• The dates added up once we checked the records.
• If she was abroad, her explanation cannot add up.

類義語： make sense, hold together

よく使う表現： does not add up, story will add up