[VERB 动词]计算 If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
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From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy...
由此你可以算出银河系的总质量。
We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...
我们计算出兰开斯特郡的农场面积平均为65英亩。
A computer calculates by switching currents on or off.
计算机通过电路的开合来进行运算。
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[VERB 动词]估算；估计；推算；预料 If you calculate the effects of something, especially a possible course of action, you think about them in order to form an opinion or decide what to do.
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I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...
我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。
The President is calculating that this will somehow relieve the international pressure on him.
总统预计这可以从某一方面缓解自己所承受的国际社会压力。
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cal·cu·late★/ˈkælkjuleɪt; NAmEˈkælkjuleɪt/verb1★to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc. 计算；核算SYNwork outcalculatesth ◆Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.用公式计算容器的容积。◆Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.补助金按平均周收入计算。calculatehow much, what, etc. ◆You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.你需要算一算要花多少时间才能完成分配的任务。it is calculated that…◆It has been calculated that at least 47 000 jobs were lost last year.据估算，去年至少丧失了 47 000 个工作。2★to guess sth or form an opinion by using all the information available 预测；推测SYN
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calculatethat… ◆Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.自然资源保护主义者预测，数以百计的物种可能会从这个地区消失。calculatehow much, what, etc. ◆It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her life.无法估计他对她的生活产生过多大影响。calculatecalculatescalculatedcalculatingcal·cu·late/ˈkælkjuleɪt; NAmEˈkælkjuleɪt/
1to find out how much something will cost, how long something will take etc, by using numbers: These instruments calculate distances precisely.calculate how much/how many etc I’m trying to calculate how much paint we need.calculate (that) Sally calculated that she’d have about £100 left.calculate something on something Rates are calculated on an hourly basis.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that they work something out or, in American English, figure something out, rather than calculate it:· We still haven’t worked out how much it’s all going to cost.GRAMMARIn more formal English, you say it is calculated that: · It is calculated that over $16 billion has been spent on the project.2to guess something using as many facts as you can findcalculate (that) Researchers calculated that this group was at a higher risk of heart disease.calculate how/what/whether etc It’s difficult to calculate what effect all these changes will have on the company.3be calculated to do something to be intended to have a particular effect: a question calculated to embarrass himTHESAURUScalculate formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together: · The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book.work out to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate, and is more common in everyday English: · You need to work out how much you will need to borrow.figure out (also figure American English) informal to calculate an amount: · We still haven't figured out how much it's all going to cost.· the method for figuring welfare paymentscount to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together: · The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus.total (also total up) to add a number of things together to get a final number: · Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner.· Okay, now let's total up who had the most points.quantify formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc: · I think it's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons.· How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment?· a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the bloodassess formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is: · The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million.· They are still assessing the damage.· We need to have a better way of assessing students' progress.estimate to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have: · The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%.put a figure on something to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot: · It's hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million.· The company has refused to put a figure on its losses.project to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now: · The company projects sales of $4 million this year.different ways of calculatingadd to put two or more numbers together to find the total: · If you add 7 and 5, you get 12.subtract/take away to reduce one number by another number. take something away sounds more informal than subtract: · If you subtract 12 from 15, you get 3.multiply to add a number to itself a particular number of times: · 4 multiplied by 10 is 40.divide to calculate how many times one number contains another number: · 10 divided by 2 equals 5.calculate on phrasal verbif you calculate on something, you are depending on it for your plans to succeed: We’re calculating on an early start.calculate on somebody/something doing something Ken hadn’t calculated on Polson refusing his offer.