VOA慢速英语:Adding Up the Costs of Lost Travel in Europe

例句：Let's count the people who are present.
      咱们把到的人数点一下。

其他意思：

把…算入

例句：There are thirty people in the classroom, counting the teacher.
      把老师算上, 教室里有30个人。

认为, 看作

例句：He counted himself a great writer.
      他自认为是一个伟大的作家。

起作用；值得考虑

例句：It is not how much you read but what you read that counts.
      问题不在于你读了多少书，而在于你读了哪些有价值的书。

2.sharply adv.突然地；急剧地；猛烈地;激烈地

例句：Cannabis consumption has increased sharply.
      大麻用量急剧增加。

      Demand for personal computers has risen sharply.
      对个人电脑的需求急剧增长。

3.overreact vi.反应过火

例句：Some people overreacted to what was only a throwaway remark.
      有些人对随便说出的一句话反应过敏了。

over-这个词缀表示“过度,过分”

overstudy n.用功过度(over+study学习)

overwork n.过度劳累(over+work工作)

overact v.表演过火(over+act演出)

overdose n.药物过量(over+dose剂量)

overproduction n.生产过度(over+productoin生产)

overcrowded a.挤满的(over+crowded拥挤的)

4.sympathetic adj.同情的; 有同情心的; 表示同情的(~to/towards sb)

例句：He is a sympathetic person.
      他是一个有同情心的人。

      She was very sympathetic when my mother died.
      她对我母亲的去世深表同情。