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| /ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt/ |
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| 1 | to discover a number or amount using mathematics or with a piece of equipment such as a calculator 计算；核算 |
| We’ ll need to calculate the overall costs. 我们需要算出总费用。 |
| +(that) He calculates that the proposal would cost £4 million a year. 他预计这项提案每年要花费400万英镑。 |
| +how/what The program helps you to calculate how much tax you have to pay. 这一程序能帮你算出应交纳的税款。 |
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| 2 | to make a judgment about what is likely to happen or likely to be true using the available information 估计；预测；推测 |
| It’ s difficult to calculate the long-term effects of these changes in the law. 很难预测法律上的这些变化会产生怎样的长期影响。 |
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| - | calculated to do sth
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| 1 | deliberately intended to have a particular result 打算做某事；蓄意做某事 |
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| 2 | always in negatives very likely to have a particular result 很可能做某事 | His decision was hardly calculated to endear him to others. 他的决定几乎不可能使他和其他人的关系变密切。 | |
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| - | ˈcalculate on |
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| | calculate on sth: to expect something to happen 指望；预料 | We had not calculated on any problem with the application. 我们没有预料到这一申请会有什么问题。 | |
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