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calculate v.计算；估计；考虑；推测；计划；指望 (1) 你能计算出试管的容量吗?(2) 科学家已推算出世界人口在本世纪末将要增加一倍。(3) 我想做那件事简直是在浪费时间。(4) 那位经济学家推测,物价或许会再次上涨。(5) 这个广告是针对儿童设计的。(6) 我们不能指望他的帮助。 You might calculate on having your friends taking your side in a fight with a bully, or you might calculate on reaching home before nightfall, when you're on a road trip. You might calculate the answer to a simple equation in your head but need a calculator to figure out something more complex.

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英 ['kælkjuleɪt] 美 ['kælkjuleɪt] (1) Can you calculate the content of the tube?(2) Scientists have calculated that the world's population will double by the end of the century.(3) I calculate it's a waste of time to do that.(4) The economist calculated that prices may go up again.(5) This advertisement is calculated to appeal to children.(6) We cannot calculate on his help. Calculate derives from the Latin word for count––it means either to figure out an equation, i.e., to count it up, or to count on something happening. 1[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.   [V n]  [V that]  [V]  [Also V wh]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。2[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.   [V n]  [V that]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。

英语单词	calculate
英美音标	英 ['kælkjuleɪt] 美 ['kælkjuleɪt]
中文释义	v.计算；估计；考虑；推测；计划；指望
英语例句	(1) Can you calculate the content of the tube? (2) Scientists have calculated that the world's population will double by the end of the century. (3) I calculate it's a waste of time to do that. (4) The economist calculated that prices may go up again. (5) This advertisement is calculated to appeal to children. (6) We cannot calculate on his help.
中文例句	(1) 你能计算出试管的容量吗? (2) 科学家已推算出世界人口在本世纪末将要增加一倍。 (3) 我想做那件事简直是在浪费时间。 (4) 那位经济学家推测,物价或许会再次上涨。 (5) 这个广告是针对儿童设计的。 (6) 我们不能指望他的帮助。
vocabulary简明	Calculate derives from the Latin word for count––it means either to figure out an equation, i.e., to count it up, or to count on something happening.
vocabulary扩展	You might calculate on having your friends taking your side in a fight with a bully, or you might calculate on reaching home before nightfall, when you're on a road trip. You might calculate the answer to a simple equation in your head but need a calculator to figure out something more complex.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V n] [V that] [V] [Also V wh] 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。 2 [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. [V n] [V that] 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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