calculate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they calculate | |
| he / she / it calculates | |
| past simple calculated | |
| past participle calculated | |
| -ing form calculating |
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to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc. 计算；核算 - calculate something
An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property. 一个独立的估价师会计算你财产的价值。 That figure was calculated using the standard equation. 这个数字是用标准方程计算出来的。 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出假期的费用。 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. 预期癌症发病率是根据周围八个县的数据计算出来的。 - calculate something by something
The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method. 每日剂量是用一种比较简单的方法计算出来的。 - calculate something by doing something
The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share. 这个比率是通过将一家公司的股价除以其每股收益来计算的。 - 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 ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementb2It'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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- exactly
- precisely
- …
- according to
- at
- calculate something
to guess something or form an opinion by using all the information available 预测；推测 - 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 ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Doubt, guessing and certaintyc1Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door. 考虑到他还不在家，我从后门溜了进去。 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. 我试图计算到那里要花多长时间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- shrewdly
- correctly
- …
- calculate that…
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.