Calculating
['kælkjʊleɪtɪŋ] or ['kælkjuletɪŋ]
解释:
(adj.) used of persons; 'the most calculating and selfish men in the community' .
校对:露辛达--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calculate
(a.) Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
(a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
(n.) The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Wary, cautious, circumspect, sagacious, careful, farsighted, guarded
ANT:Shortsighted, dull, obtuse, improvident, incautious, rash, careless
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例句:
- Baldwin, a construction engineer, living in the United States, began to work on calculating machines in 1870. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- She was aware of Mademoiselle standing near, like a little French beetle, observant and calculating. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Here was a new stunner--I had been calculating on four or five thousand. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- No practical business man would erect a turbine or paddle wheel without calculating in advance the value of his water power. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- He commenced to construct an automatic calculating machine, which he called a difference engine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I am calculating on the exposure. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was early in the seventeenth century that Napier, a native of Naples, invented the first actual mechanical means of calculating. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Mrs. Garth had not again looked at Fred, and was not in the least calculating what words she should use to cut him the most effectively. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The Story of the Calculating Machine How did Men Learn to Count? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This was the first calculating machine made with dials. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Emmy was calculating eagerly the time that would elapse before the letter would arrive and be answered. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The same principle, that of using discs with figures on their peripheries, is employed in present-day calculating machines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I gave it her; and she regarded the now visible, but precipitous steps, as if calculating her capacity to descend. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- You are far-seeing; you are calculating. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Adding and calculating machines have become almost as necessary in modern business as the telephone and the typewriter. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He showed Edison the work he had already done on the subject, and told him that he would very soon finish calculating it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- And this, surely, must be the work of the calculating and rational principle in the soul? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It was inclosed to him, and as he opened the letter he trembled lest the dinner should be put off on which he was calculating. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The next adding and calculating machine was an evolution from the digits of the human hand and is known as the abacus in China, and the soroban in Japan. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He became acquainted with all the different types of adding and so-called calculating machines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But other ingredients mingled with these, and prevented him from becoming the calculating, determined character, which alone forms a successful hero. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- He turned again to the pages of his diary, calculating rapidly under his breath. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Scheutz’s engine had mechanism for calculating with four orders of differences of sixteen figures each. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This calculating machine, however, seemed to be too much in advance of the times, and Mr. Baldwin was unable to interest capital in it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- In 1875 a patent was granted him on a calculating machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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