sum up ( summing, summed, sums )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you sum something up, you describe it as briefly as possible. 简述

  例：

  One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood – "Politicians have lost credibility," he complained.

  一位巴西利亚选民简述了人们的心情–“政治家们已丧失信誉，”他抱怨道。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If something sums a person or situation up, it represents their most typical characteristics. 概括…的最典型特征

  例：

  "I love my wife, my horse and my dog," he said, and that summed him up.

  “我爱我的妻子、我的马和我的狗，”他说道。那话概括了他的最典型特征。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you sum up after a speech or at the end of a piece of writing, you briefly state the main points again. When a judge sums up after a trial, he reminds the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard. 作总结

  例：

  When the judge summed up, it was clear he wanted a guilty verdict.

  当法官作总结时，显然他想要一个有罪判决。