calculate常用短语

1. 计算，核算
2. 估计，预测，推测
3. 打量，揣测
4. 计划，打算，使适合
5. 以为，认为，相信，猜想
6. 想要，意欲
7. 预测结果，作打算

1. make a mathematical calculation or computation
2. judge to be probable
3. keep an account of
4. predict in advance
5. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
6. have faith or confidence in;

   "you can count on me to help you any time"
   "Look to your friends for support"
   "You can bet on that!"
   "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
   

1.计算
If youcalculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.

e.g. From this you cancalculate the total mass in the Galaxy...
由此你可以算出银河系的总质量。
e.g. Wecalculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...
我们计算出兰开斯特郡的农场面积平均为65英亩。

2.估算;估计;推算;预料
If youcalculate the effects of something, especially a possible course of action, you think about them in order to form an opinion or decide what to do.

e.g. I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...
我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。
e.g. The President is calculating that this will somehow relieve the international pressure on him.
总统预计这可以从某一方面缓解自己所承受的国际社会压力。

1. The boy is only three but he can already calculate to fifty.
   这孩子虽然只有3岁,但已经能数到50了。
2. Emotional people don't stop to calculate.
   感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
3. That doesn't calculate.
   那不算数。
4. That book calculates as a masterpiece.
   那本书算得上是杰作。

1. She calculates to return next Sunday.
   她打算下星期天回去。

1. Have you calculated the result?
   结果你算出来了吗?
2. The factory calculates the cost of production.
   厂家计算生产成本。
3. He has calculated the day of the week on which Christmas will fall.
   他推算出圣诞节该是星期几。

1. I calculated that the trip would take two days.
   我估计这段路程要走两天时间。
2. I calculated that we would arrive at 6:00 p.m.
   我估计我们将在下午六时到达。

1. I'll calculate what it will cost.
   我要估计一下那要花多少钱。
2. The scientist could not calculate when the spaceship would reach the Jupiter.
   那位科学家没有算出那艘宇宙飞船什么时候会到达木星。
3. Astronomers can calculate when there will be eclipses of the sun and moon.
   天文学家可以算出何时发生日食和月食。

1. They calculated the firm to employ her as an adviser.
   他们估计那个公司能雇用她作为顾问。
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2. All these measures were calculated to prevent water-logging by rainstorm or mountain torrents.
   这些措施都是为了预防暴雨或山洪造成的涝灾。
3. This advertisement is calculated to attract the attention of housewives.
   这个广告旨在吸引家庭主妇们的注意力。
4. The speech was calculated to win votes.
   那演说意在争取选票。

calculate for (v.+prep.)

适合于… be fit for (sth)
calculate sb/sth for sb/sth

He is calculated for a teacher.

他适合当教师。

The room was not calculated for such uses .

这房间不是为这些用途而设计的。

These laws are not calculated for modern conditions.

这几种法令不适合现代情况。

calculate on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

〈美〉期待,指望 look forward to
calculate on〔upon〕 sth/v-ing

We must calculate on a long-term basis.

我们要作长期打算。

You cannot calculate upon his help.

你不能指望他的帮助。

We've been calculating upon his coming in time.

我们一直期待着他及时到来。

If you want to borrow money from him, you can't calculate on his being in a good temper before dinner.

如果你要向他借钱,就别指望他在晚饭以前有好脸色。

calculate, count, number, reckon

这组词都有“数”“计算”的意思,尤其是count和reckon在很多情况下可互换,它们之间的区别是:

1.count的含义是“数数目”; reckon则侧重“计算”。例如:

I counted the broken windows and found there were eight.

我数了数破损的窗户,共有八个。

We'll have to reckon the cost of it.

我们得计算它的成本。

2.count和reckon都有“认为”之义,但reckon则更侧重于“推定”“公认”,指对事件全面权衡。例如:

Because our family is happy and healthy, we reckon ourselves fortunate.我们很幸运,因为我们的家庭是一个健康、幸福的家庭。

3.calculate作“计算,核算”解时,指通过较复杂的过程,如:算术上的加减乘除或精密计算等。例如:

Can you calculate how much a trip to the Great Wall will cost?你能计算去长城旅游一次要多少钱吗?

4.count和reckon多用于口语或日常生活; calculate多用于自然科学、生产部门或需要专门计算的场合。例如:

Astronomers can calculate when there will be eclipses of the sun and the moon.天文学家能算出什么时候有日食、月食。

5.count既可用作动词,也可用作名词；而calculate和reckon只能用作动词。

6.number侧重“编号”。

calculate，count，compute，reckon

这些动词均含有“计算”之意。

calculate通常指要求细致精确和复杂的计算，以解决疑难问题，多用于自然科学、生产部门或要求专门计算的场合。

count指逐一计算而得出总数。

compute一般指已有数据的，较简单但数字长的数学运算。

reckon通常指较简单的数学计算，也可指心算。