- [uncountable, countable]
the act of calculating something, especially in a way that is not very exact 估计；估算；计算 - [countable, usually singular, uncountable]
a time when somebody’s actions will be judged to be right or wrong and they may be punished 最后审判日；算总账 In the final reckoning truth is rewarded. 在最后算总账的时候，诚实的人会有好报。 🔊🔊 Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come. 担心环境政策的官员们预言总有一天人们会遭到报应。 🔊🔊 Then the time of reckoning came—was it all going to work? 然后算盘的时刻到了-这一切都起作用了吗？
Idioms
in/into/out of the reckoning
- (especially British English)
(especially in sport 尤用于体育运动 among/not among those who are likely to win or be successful 有（或没有）获胜的可能 Wilshere is fit again and could come into the reckoning. 威尔希尔（Wilshere）又适合了，可以考虑了。