number
- n. 数字, 数目
- n. 电话号码
- v. 数
- v. 共计
- Definition
- n. a word or symbol used to count or show quantity
- n. a specific telephone number
- v. to count things
- v. to add up to a total
- Example
- Please write your phone number on this form.
- 请在这张表格上写下你的电话号码。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to add up to a total amount (verb).
比较义项：总计，合计为（某数目）（动词）。
- amount
Always followed by 'to'; often used for abstract or figurative totals, suggesting something is essentially equivalent to a result rather than a simple sum.
后面总跟“to”；常用于抽象或比喻性的总计，暗示某事“实际上等于”某种结果，而非单纯的算术相加。
His excuse amounted to nothing more than a poor cover story.
他的借口说穿了不过是一个拙劣的托词。
- number 本词
Used without 'to', typically for counting people or objects that reach a large or approximate quantity; more formal and literary in tone.
不接“to”，通常用于清点人或物，数目较大或为约数，语气偏正式、书面化。
The wounded soldiers numbered nearly a hundred by dusk.
到黄昏时，受伤的士兵总计将近一百人。
- total
Transitive and needs no 'to'; used for adding concrete figures such as money or scores to arrive at a precise sum.
及物动词，不需要“to”；用于把具体数字（如金额、分数）相加，得出精确的总数。
The bill at the restaurant totaled exactly eighty-seven dollars.
这家餐厅的账单总计恰好八十七美元。
All three mean to add up to a number. Amount takes 'to' and often means something is roughly equal to a result. Number, without 'to', is formal, for large groups reaching a total. Total is transitive, needs no 'to', and adds figures like money.
这三个词都可表示“加起来达到某数目”，但语气和搭配不同：amount to 强调最终结果，常带有“实际上等于”的引申义；number 强调清点后的数目，多用于大批人或物，语气偏正式；total 强调把具体数字相加得出精确总额，常用于金额或分数。这里不比较 amount 作名词“数量”、number 作名词“数字、号码”及作动词“编号”、total 作形容词“全部的”或名词“总数”的用法。