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calculate

verb
 
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they calculate
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🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
he / she / it calculates
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪts/
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past simple calculated
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/
past participle calculated
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🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/
-ing form calculating
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
     to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc.计算；核算 synonym work out
    • calculate something An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.独立评估师将计算您的财产的价值。
    • That figure was calculated using the standard equation.该数字是使用标准方程式计算的。
    • Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.用公式计算容器的容积。🔊🔊
    • We haven’t really calculated the cost of the vacation yet.我们还没有真正计算假期的费用。
    • Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.补助金按平均周收入计算。🔊🔊
    • calculate something from something Expected cancer rates were calculated from data from the eight surrounding counties.预期癌症发生率是根据周围八个县的数据计算得出的。
    • calculate something by something The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method.每日剂量是通过一种较为简单的方法来计算的。
    • calculate something by doing something The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share.该比率通过将公司的股价除以每股收益来计算。
    • calculate how 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，去年至少有 47 000 个工作岗位消失。🔊🔊
    • be calculated at… The sum involved was calculated at $82 million.经计算，相关费用总额为8 200万元。
    Extra Examples
    • It's difficult to calculate precisely what we've spent.要精确计算出我们的花费很难。
    • The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the plan.数额是根据你向该计划交款的年数计算的。
    Topics Maths and measurementb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • accurately
    • exactly
    • precisely
    • …
    preposition
    • according to
    • at
    See full entry
  2. to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available预测；推测 synonym estimate
    • calculate that… 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。🔊🔊
    • calculate how 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。🔊🔊
    • calculate something It's impossible to calculate the extent of his influence on her.无法估计他对她的影响有多大。
    Extra Examples
    • Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door.我以为他还不在家，我溜进了后门。
    • Environmentalists calculate that hundreds of plant species may be affected.环保主义者预测数百种植物可能受到影响。
    • I tried to calculate how much time it would take me to get there.我试图计算到达那里需要多少时间。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1, Doubt, guessing and certaintyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • shrewdly
    • correctly
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.