- [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，清算的时候到了——一切都将运转吗？
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. 威尔希尔又恢复了健康，可以上场了。