Painkillers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down.

小剂量的止痛药对于降低体温非常有用。

American credit-card fraud amounts to about $5.5 billion annually.

美国每年的信用卡诈骗总额约为55亿美元。

This all amounts to heightened activity and noise levels, which have the potential to be particularly serious for children experiencing auditory function deficit.

所有这一切都意味着活动量和噪音水平增加，这对有听觉功能缺陷的儿童来说有更加严重的潜在影响。

The banks have what amounts to a monopoly.

这些银行几乎接近于垄断。

Critics say this amounts to a backdoor amnesty for illegal aliens.

评论家认为这等于是对非法移民的变相特赦。

It'll cost a lot—well, take a lot of time, but it amounts to the same thing.

会花很多—哦，得花大量时间，不过反正都是一回事。

This amounts to something like HK$150 million a year, and represents about 4 per cent of the shops' total stock.

这相当于每年1.5亿港元，约占店铺总库存的4%。

Grab a calculator and you'll discover that, over 40 years going out to dinner twice a month at $40 each time amounts to half a million.

拿起计算器，你会发现，40多年来，每月两次外出吃晚餐，每次花费40美元，总计50万美元。

Isn't that like trying to maintain a smile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to "marriage is hard work”?

这是不是就像你在你的婚宴上试图保持微笑，而一些亲戚给你敬酒，相当于告诉你“婚姻是件苦差事”？

For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to saving of more than $100 per ton.

回收垃圾让城市免去为其处理付费，在纽约部分地区，每回收一吨垃圾，就相当于节省了100美元。

The discovery in China of what amounts to a miniature prototype of Tyrannosaurus rex calls into question theories about the dinosaur's evolution.

在中国发现的相当于小型雷克斯霸王龙原型的东西，对有关恐龙进化的理论提出了质疑。

The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism.

高管们承认，他们试图将国民饮食习惯转向美国创造的食物，但他们否认这等同于经济帝国主义。

No difficulty amounts to much.

再大的困难也不在话下。

The cost of the building amounts to 10000 yuan.

这屋的造价合计一万元。

The net profit amounts to 20 dollars per ton of ore.

每吨矿砂的净利达20美元。

The annual output of the steel plant amounts to 500000 tons.

这家钢铁厂的年产量达500000吨。

To give money to beggars sometimes amounts to encouraging begging.

给乞丐钱，有时就等于鼓励行乞。

This amounts to intimidation.

这是意图恐吓。

That practically amounts to a fraud.

实际上等于是个骗局。

That amounts to a lot of data over time.

随时间而积攒了相当多的数据。

Over a month, this amounts to two hours.

过了一个月，这个数字就接近2个小时。

But just what that amounts to is up for grabs.

但只不过是待价而沽。

That amounts to a move towards market mechanisms.

那样也就促使国家要实行市场机制。

Alex amounts to a teenage James Bond for the 21st century.

艾列克简直就是21世纪詹姆士邦德的少年版。

Now it amounts to little more than national embarrassment.

但现在它只会引发国家间的尴尬。

That amounts to one third of the total work force in that sector.

这一数量占该部门全部劳动力的三分之一。

EU spending, in turn, amounts to just 2% of national budgets.

欧盟支出反过来只不过相当于欧盟各国国家预算的2%。

As historical facts go, it amounts to little more than a footnote.

在历史事件中，这至多不过是个小小注脚，微不足道。