The noun is pronounced /ə'rɪθmətɪk/. The adjective is pronounced /ˌærɪθ'metɪk/. 名词读作/ə'rɪθmətɪk/,形容词读作/ˌærɪθ'metɪk/。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]算术 Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]演算;计算 You can use
arithmetic to refer to the process of doing a particular sum or calculation.
4,000 women put in ten rupees each, which if my arithmetic is right adds up to 40,000 rupees.
4,000名妇女每人放入10个卢比,如果我算得对的话,总数将达到4万卢比。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](某形势的)数据统计 If you refer to
the arithmetic of a situation, you are concerned with those aspects of it that can be expressed in numbers, and how they affect the situation.
The budgetary arithmetic suggests that government borrowing is set to surge...
预算数字表明政府借款将要大幅增加。
The arithmetic is finely balanced: the socialists and their allies do not have an overall majority.
该估算是经过仔细权衡的:社会主义者和他们的同盟并不占绝大多数。
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[ADJ 形容词]算术的;运算的 Arithmetic means relating to or consisting of calculations involving numbers.