- 1小計（收據上稅前的那一行；不是「總計」，總計是加完稅之後最下面那個數字）
A subtotal is the total of one part of a longer list of numbers — a total that is not the final total. On a receipt in a shop, you see the prices of all the things you bought added up, and that number is the subtotal; then tax is added, and maybe a service charge or a discount, and only then do you get the real total at the bottom. So a subtotal is honest but unfinished: it is a true sum of what it covers, and it is waiting for more numbers to come.
The word is mostly used for money and for . In a you might add up each month's sales, and each of those monthly numbers is a subtotal; the year's number is the total. It is also a verb, used mainly by people doing accounts: "subtotal each column first, then add the columns." As a verb it is quite technical and you will hear it far less than the noun.
It does not carry any feeling — nobody uses it to mean "a small amount" or "not enough." A subtotal can be a huge number. The "sub-" is only about position in the adding-up, not about size.
組成sub- (under, below) + total. The "under" here is not about being smaller — it is about sitting below or beneath the final total, one level down in the adding-up. A subtotal is a total that lives underneath the real total.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
subtotalnoun
- 1
The total for a part of a list of numbers being summed.
subtotalverb
- 1
To calculate a subtotal.
subtotaladj
- 1
Less than total; partial.
- A subtotal thyroidectomy usually prevents the recurrence of hyperthyroidism because only enough of the gland is left to maintain normal function.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。