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Definition of number cruncher in English: number crunchernoun informal 1A computer or program capable of performing rapid calculations with large amounts of data. （能对大量数据进行快速运算的）计算机（或软件） Example sentencesExamples - But it's not so long since Intel wanted us all to see the 320-odd CPU Itanium 2-based number cruncher Toyota has put in place for the much the same applications.
- The classifier is the statistical core of Spambayes, the number cruncher.
- We want people to engage in the visual world around us, to think about it - not just number crunchers, but people who think about what those numbers mean and engage with that in a more critical way.
- An immense network of 10,000 to 20,000 Alpha processors will form the basis of this formidable number cruncher.
- Probably not much if you simply use your computer for recreational purposes, but for number crunchers and workstations, you better get reliable ram.
- How to take this power away from the polls and the number crunchers and return it to the football field where it belongs?
- No need for an old number cruncher, with the young kids coming in with their notebook computers and their accounting software.
2derogatory A statistician, accountant, or other person whose job involves dealing with large amounts of numerical data. 〈常贬〉统计员；会计师；工作中需处理大量数字资料的人 Example sentencesExamples - Our expert number cruncher Charles Richardson takes you through the likely state by state outcomes from tomorrow's election and also finishes with a biting commentary on Australia's political leadership.
- If a client's a number cruncher, I'll bring four people to a meeting, and my clients will feel like there are eight people back at the office working for them.
- Now the number crunchers and analysts are providing the figures to support our bearish assumptions.
- In total, the number crunchers reckon some 9.7 million households in the UK have Net access.
- How would you as an epidemiological number cruncher begin to sort out those patterns?
- None was prepared to comment until their number crunchers had a chance to mull over the figures.
- Prentice, the chief number cruncher for the health initiative, did not believe it bore out such sweeping conclusions.
- The government's chief number cruncher released previously concealed record low consumer confidence figures yesterday in the Legislative Yuan.
- Not just a number cruncher, Hamilton was also a lawyer, general, and first-class flirt - and the architect of the national economy as we know it.
- Analysts said that if Chen could manage to do both without increasing the national debt, then he's a better number cruncher than previously thought.
- A noted number cruncher, Mr. FitzGerald believes the Nice referendum will be passed this time.
- The version of McNamara that people are familiar with is McNamara the number cruncher who was the chief architect of the conflict in Vietnam.
- She wasn't a number cruncher, it was a good thing for the cast and even better for the crew.
- There's no guarantee that the brilliant number cruncher can do that now or any time in the foreseeable future.
- Most people think of Pay Corps people as desk-bound number crunchers up to their eyeballs in financial paperwork.
- Looking ahead, the number crunchers reckon the merged business could achieve a growth in revenue of between 30-40 per cent in 2004.
- In other words you're not interested in accountancy for its own sake - you're not just a number cruncher.
- Our expert number cruncher takes you through the likely state by state outcomes from tomorrow's election and also finishes with a biting commentary on Australia's political leadership.
- Hurtig said parents don't want to see dollars taken away from the school's other programs to appease institute number crunchers.
- And in that corner, we have Helen Sommers, a diminutive, 72-year-old number cruncher in reading glasses.
Derivativesnoun The plans for Tralee Christmas lights, announced this week by the Town Council and the Tralee Chamber of Commerce, are the product of months of intensive negotiation and number crunching. Example sentencesExamples - After doing their own number crunching, Rupert Murdoch's rivals came to this conclusion: Americans prefer the Tom and Jerry-esque high jinks of clear cut villains and heroes to the more sedate format of word driven analysis.
- Through a mixture of personal anecdote, political philosophizing, and number crunching, Norberg makes a convincing moral and economic case that global capitalism helps the world's poor.
- Share investors will have a deluge of international economic data to sift through this week and their reward for some number crunching could be the evidence they need to break the FTSE 100 out of its recent range.
- Furthermore, although factions generally use ideological labels to position themselves on a spectrum of sorts, the reality is that factional activities rarely extend much beyond simple number crunching.
Definition of number cruncher in US English: number crunchernounˈnəmbər ˈkrənCHər informal 1A computer or software capable of performing rapid calculations with large amounts of data. （能对大量数据进行快速运算的）计算机（或软件） Example sentencesExamples - Probably not much if you simply use your computer for recreational purposes, but for number crunchers and workstations, you better get reliable ram.
- No need for an old number cruncher, with the young kids coming in with their notebook computers and their accounting software.
- How to take this power away from the polls and the number crunchers and return it to the football field where it belongs?
- But it's not so long since Intel wanted us all to see the 320-odd CPU Itanium 2-based number cruncher Toyota has put in place for the much the same applications.
- An immense network of 10,000 to 20,000 Alpha processors will form the basis of this formidable number cruncher.
- The classifier is the statistical core of Spambayes, the number cruncher.
- We want people to engage in the visual world around us, to think about it - not just number crunchers, but people who think about what those numbers mean and engage with that in a more critical way.
2derogatory A statistician, accountant, or other person whose job involves dealing with large amounts of numerical data. 〈常贬〉统计员；会计师；工作中需处理大量数字资料的人 Example sentencesExamples - In other words you're not interested in accountancy for its own sake - you're not just a number cruncher.
- Most people think of Pay Corps people as desk-bound number crunchers up to their eyeballs in financial paperwork.
- Prentice, the chief number cruncher for the health initiative, did not believe it bore out such sweeping conclusions.
- If a client's a number cruncher, I'll bring four people to a meeting, and my clients will feel like there are eight people back at the office working for them.
- The version of McNamara that people are familiar with is McNamara the number cruncher who was the chief architect of the conflict in Vietnam.
- And in that corner, we have Helen Sommers, a diminutive, 72-year-old number cruncher in reading glasses.
- Not just a number cruncher, Hamilton was also a lawyer, general, and first-class flirt - and the architect of the national economy as we know it.
- A noted number cruncher, Mr. FitzGerald believes the Nice referendum will be passed this time.
- There's no guarantee that the brilliant number cruncher can do that now or any time in the foreseeable future.
- Now the number crunchers and analysts are providing the figures to support our bearish assumptions.
- Analysts said that if Chen could manage to do both without increasing the national debt, then he's a better number cruncher than previously thought.
- She wasn't a number cruncher, it was a good thing for the cast and even better for the crew.
- How would you as an epidemiological number cruncher begin to sort out those patterns?
- Looking ahead, the number crunchers reckon the merged business could achieve a growth in revenue of between 30-40 per cent in 2004.
- None was prepared to comment until their number crunchers had a chance to mull over the figures.
- The government's chief number cruncher released previously concealed record low consumer confidence figures yesterday in the Legislative Yuan.
- In total, the number crunchers reckon some 9.7 million households in the UK have Net access.
- Hurtig said parents don't want to see dollars taken away from the school's other programs to appease institute number crunchers.
- Our expert number cruncher Charles Richardson takes you through the likely state by state outcomes from tomorrow's election and also finishes with a biting commentary on Australia's political leadership.
- Our expert number cruncher takes you through the likely state by state outcomes from tomorrow's election and also finishes with a biting commentary on Australia's political leadership.
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