- [singular]
a judgement or opinion about the value or quality of somebody/something 判断;评价;看法 Who is the best candidate in your estimation? 你认为谁是最佳人选? Since he left his wife he's certainly gone down in my estimation (= I have less respect for him). 他离弃妻子后我对他的看法便不如以前了。 She went up in my estimation (= I have more respect for her) when I discovered how much charity work she does. 我发现她做了这么多慈善工作,我就比以前更尊敬她了。 In my estimation, you've done a good job. 在我看来,你做得很出色。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + estimation- go up in
- rise in
- go down in
- …
- in somebody’s estimation
- [countable]
a judgement about the levels or quantity of something (对水平、数量的)估计
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘comprehension, intuition’, also ‘valuing, a valuation’): from Latin aestimatio(n-), from aestimare ‘determine, appraise’ (see estimate).