aggregate: [15] Etymologically, aggregate contains the notion of a collection of animals. It comes from greg-, the stem of the Latin noun grex ‘flock, herd’ (also the source of gregarious). This formed the basis of a verb aggregāre ‘collect together’, whose past participle aggregātus passed into English as aggregate. Latin grex is related to Greek agorā ‘open space, market place’, from which English gets agoraphobia. => agoraphobia, egregious, gregarious, segregate
aggregate (adj.)
c. 1400, from Latin aggregatus "associated," literally "united in a flock," past participle of aggregare "add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock)," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + gregare "herd" (see gregarious).
aggregate (v.)
c. 1400, from Latin aggregatum, neuter past participle of aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)). Related: Aggregated; aggregating.
aggregate (n.)
"number of persons, things, etc., regarded as a unit," early 15c., from noun use of Latin adjective aggregatum, neuter of aggregatus (see aggregate (adj.)).
中文解释
1. ag- "to" + greg- + -ate.2. => add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock).
实用例句
1. Newcastle went out of the competition, losing 2-1 on aggregate.
纽卡斯尔队以1比2的总比分被淘汰出局。来自柯林斯例句
2. United won 5-3 on aggregate.
联队以总比分5比3胜出。来自柯林斯例句
3. The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.
这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
