1FIND OUTto find out how much something will cost, how long something will take etc, by using numbers 计算,核算
These instruments calculate distances precisely.
这些仪器计算距离非常精确。
calculate how much/how many etc
I’m trying to calculate how much paint we need.
我想算出我们需要多少涂料。
calculate (that)
Sally calculated that she’d have about £100 left.
萨莉算了一下,自己还会剩下100英镑左右。
calculate something on something
Rates are calculated on an hourly basis.
收费按小时计算。
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In everyday English, people usually say that they work something out or, in American English, figure something out, rather than calculate it: 在日常英语中,人们一般不说calculate,而说work something out,美国英语里则说figure something out
We still haven’t worked out how much it’s all going to cost.
我们还没算出总共需要多少钱。
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In more formal English, you say it is calculated that:
It is calculated that over $16 billion has been spent on the project.
2GUESSto guess something using as many facts as you can find 预测,估计
calculate (that)
Researchers calculated that this group was at a higher risk of heart disease.
研究人员估测这一群体患心脏病的机率更高。
calculate how/what/whether etc
It’s difficult to calculate what effect all these changes will have on the company.
很难估计所有这些变化将会对公司产生怎样的影响。
3be calculated to do somethingDELIBERATELYto be intended to have a particular effect 旨在做某事,用意在于某事
calculate something on something• Rates are calculated on an hourlybasis.
calculate how/what/whether etc• Already they would be consulting their watches, calculating how long it would be before he could make it.• We posted our letters, and immediately started calculating how long it would take for replies to reach us.• Next he had to calculate how many rounds each man had to plough.• Given certain pieces of data, it is necessary to calculate how many words in the lexiconmatch this searchcriteria.• I calculated how much kinase I had missedearlier and then just made up for it.• This would allow investors to factor out inflation before calculating how much money they made on the sale of a particular asset.• You will be shocked when you calculate how much money you will need to get your business up and going.• I waited, looking on while he calculated how much she owed him.
Origincalculate
(1500-1600)Latin past participle of calculare, from calculus“stone used in counting”; → CALCULUS