reck·on /ˈrekən/ ●●○ S3 verb [transitiveT] 1 spokenTHINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to think or suppose something 认为,以为reckon (that) Do you reckon he’ll agree to see us? 你认为他会同意见我们吗?
The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day. 警方认为杀害爸爸的人那天早些时候就和他在一起。
‘There’s nothing we can do about it.’ ‘You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement)?’ “这件事我们无能为力。”“是吗?”
2 GUESSto guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly 估算,估计reckon (that) We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output. 我们估计,交通堵塞造成的延误使我们每年损失90亿美元左右的产值。
reckon something to be something The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around £200,000. 这个地区公寓房的平均售价估计在20万英镑左右。
3 JUDGEto think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing 认为…是…be reckoned to be something The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers. 洛森一家被认为是非常出色的农场主。
Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce. 搬家被认为几乎和离婚一样劳心费神。
be reckoned as something An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake. 7级地震被认为是大地震。
n Grammar Reckon is usually passive in this meaning.
4 formalCOUNT/CALCULATE to calculate an amount 计算 The expression ‘full moon’ means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance. 所谓“满月”是指从新月初现算起的第14天。
n Reckon is not used in the progressive. You say: I reckon he’s going to win.
✗Don’t say: I’m reckoning he’s going to win. 5 reckon on something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE EXPECTto expect something to happen, when you are making plans 指望,预料 We were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year. 我们预计每年能赢利约50万。
reckon on doing something I was reckoning on getting at least 60% of the votes. 我希望能获得至少60%的选票。
reckon on • But for Britain it is reckoning on just 0.4 percent growth this year and 0.9 percent in 1993.• In the 1990s we are in the midst of a reckoning on the record of this third and most convulsive of modernisations.• None of us had reckoned on open-heart surgery.• Gold shares, though far dearer than they recently were, are still attractive to some who reckon on rising prices.• He'd come for an evening's entertainment and, though the food was good, he'd reckoned on stronger meat.• At the very least, he would have to reckon on the 21 votes in the Cabinet being stacked up against him.• None of us reckoned on the combined firepower of the national spotlight, powerful political opponents and, yes, our shortcomings.• Forget the present, Holly, reckon on the future. reckon on doing something• At the very least, he would have to reckon on the 21 votes in the Cabinet being stacked up against him.• But for Britain it is reckoning on just 0.4 percent growth this year and 0.9 percent in 1993.• Forget the present, Holly, reckon on the future.• Gold shares, though far dearer than they recently were, are still attractive to some who reckon on rising prices.• He'd come for an evening's entertainment and, though the food was good, he'd reckoned on stronger meat.• In the 1990s we are in the midst of a reckoning on the record of this third and most convulsive of modernisations.• None of us reckoned on the combined firepower of the national spotlight, powerful political opponents and, yes, our shortcomings.• None of us had reckoned on open-heart surgery. 6 reckon something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE old-fashioned COUNT/CALCULATEto add up amounts, costs etc in order to get a total 把…加起来,计算…的总数 SYN calculate Pat was reckoning up the cost of everything in her mind. 帕特在心算全部花销。
reckon up• But as for the Manson Classic S, I reckon it adds up like this. 7 reckon with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) somebody/something to be reckoned withPOWER someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc 必须认真考虑[对待]的某人/某事物 Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season. 巴塞罗那队将是这个赛季不可忽视的一支球队。
The principal was certainly a woman to be reckoned with. 校长无疑是一个厉害的女人。
b) not reckon with somebody/somethingTHINK ABOUT to not consider a possible problem when you are making plans 没有考虑到某人/某事物 I had not reckoned with the excitement in the popular press. 我没有料到会在通俗报刊上引起如此轰动。
c) have somebody/something to reckon withDEAL WITH to have to deal with someone or something powerful 必须对付某人/某事物 Any invader would have the military might of NATO to reckon with. 任何入侵者都将面对北约的军事力量。
have somebody/something to reckon with• You'll have the boss to reckon with if you go home this early.• Anyone attempting to invade the country will have to reckon with the peacekeeping force. 8 reckon without somebody/something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE THINK ABOUTif you are reckoning without something, you do not expect it and are not prepared for it 没有考虑到 They doubted that Fiona could finish the course, but they reckoned without her determination. 他们怀疑菲奥娜能否读完课程,但他们没有考虑到她的决心。
reckon without • But they'd reckoned without planning laws, and may have to move.• But they had reckoned without Sister Murphy.• I reckoned without that dummy Ryder.• He had reckoned without the effect of his anger and his appearance on the man, who trembled.• If so, they may have reckoned without the fleet, which provided the Roman army with its mobility.• But she reckoned without the impact her daughter was to make.• But he reckoned without the propensity for panic in his rivals, who needed only par to rule Brooks out.• But they reckoned without their hectic schedule. reckon (that)• I had eaten a few curries in my time, I reckoned, but never in such natural and ethnic conditions.• Not a day over twenty-five, Charlotte reckoned - hardly two years senior to herself.• Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.• In brief Constable reckons it will have the first UK-published book on the Waco disaster.• We reckon she was brought in from somewhere nearby, and dumped on us.• Gurney reckons this design makes the bike more stable because the centre of gravity is lower.• Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more.• Twenty years, he reckoned, to an Assistant Director's desk in Headquarters.
From Longman Business Dictionary
reckonreck·on /ˈrekən/ verb [transitiveT]1to guess a number or amount that you know something about but have not calculated exactlyreckon something to be somethingThe deal is reckoned to be worth over $1.3 billion.
2formal to calculate an amountThe time in which the proceedings for the recovery of money may take place is reckoned from the date of the demand.