tally

英['t?l?] 美['t?li]

反義詞

復數:?tallies;第三人稱單數:?tallies;過去式:?tallied;過去分詞:?tallied;現在分詞:?tallying;

1. tailor => tally.

tally 記錄，積分表，一致

來自古法語 taille,木頭上的刻痕，來自拉丁語 talea,砍，切，小枝，詞源同 tailor,retail.引申詞義記錄，積分表等，詞義一致來自古代的一種借貸方法，把一塊記錄有欠債的小木條從中劈成兩半，債務人和債權人各持一半，以做為還款憑證。比較 indenture,契約，合同。

tally (n.): mid-15c., "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-French tallie (early 14c., Old French taille "notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt"), Anglo-Latin talea (late 12c.), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea "a cutting, rod, stick" (see tailor (n.), and compare sense history of score). Meaning "a thing that matches another" first recorded 1650s, from practice of splitting a tally lengthwise across the notches, debtor and creditor each retaining one of the halves; the usual method of keeping accounts before writing became general (the size of the notches varied with the amount). Sports sense of "a total score" is from 1856. Also in 19c. British provincial verbal expression live tally, make a tally bargain "live as husband and wife without marrying."
tally (v.): mid-15c., "keep an account by tally," from Medieval Latin talliare "to tax," from tallia (see tally (n.)). Meaning "correspond, agree" is from 1705; sports sense of "to score" is from 1867. Related: Tallied; tallying. Hence tally-sheet (1889); tallyman "one who keeps account (of anything)" (1857).

1. This description didn't seem to tally with what we saw.: 這一描述似乎與我們目睹的情況不符。

3. He hopes to improve on his tally of three goals in the past nine games.: 他希望提高在過去九場比賽中打進三球的紀錄。