cal·cu·late
verb/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
/ˈkælkjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they calculate | /ˈkælkjuleɪt/ /ˈkælkjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it calculates | /ˈkælkjuleɪts/ /ˈkælkjuleɪts/ |
| past simple calculated | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle calculated | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form calculating | /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- 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.
一名独立估价师将计算你的财产价值。 - 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过假期的费用。 - 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边八个县的数据计算得出的。 - calculate something by something The daily doses were calculated by a somewhat simpler method.
每日剂量是通过稍微简单的方法计算的。 - calculate something by doing something The ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its earnings per share.
该比率的计算方法是用公司股价除以每股收益。 - 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 measurementb2- It'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 An independent valuer will calculate the value of your property.
- 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 certaintyc1- Calculating that he would not be home yet, I slipped in through the back door.
我估计他还没回来，就从后门溜了进去。 - 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.
我试图计算到达那里需要多少时间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- shrewdly
- correctly
- …
- calculate that… Conservationists calculate that hundreds of species could be lost in this area.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.