amount [] vt. 1. (to)总计 2.等于
n. 数量,数额(接不可数名词)
amount的近义词及衍生:
total [] n. 总数 a. 总的,全体的
vt. 1.总和是…… 2.计算……的总和
sum [] n. 1.总数2.概略,要点 3.金额
vi. (into,to)总计, (up) 概括要点
summarize [] vt. 总结,概括
summary [] a. 概括的,简略的 n. 摘要,概要
What this amounts to, of course, is that the scientist has become the victim of his own writings. (NETEM 1999, Passage 5, Paragraph 4)
当然,这几乎等于说:那位科学家成了他自己论文的受害者。