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  1. I summed her up as a competent manager.
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  2. She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases.
    她言简意赅情况.




Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one
amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain
the totality of; -- usually with up.

The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour
doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
--Bacon.

2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a
few words; to condense; -- usually with up.

``Go to the ant, thou sluggard,'' in few words sums
up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange.

He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.

3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish
with complete, or full-grown, plumage.

But feathered soon and fledge
They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton.

{Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a
r['e]sum['e]; a summary.

Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend;
compute.