Calculation
[kælkjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kælkju'leʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
(noun.) planning something carefully and intentionally; 'it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting'.
(noun.) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.
手打:帕特丽夏--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.
(n.) An expectation based on circumstances.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Computation, reckoning.[2]. Investigation, examination, inquisition, inquiry, scrutiny, exploration, sifting.[3]. Expectation, expectance, anticipation, contemplation, prospect.[4]. Forethought, foresight, circumspection, wariness, caution, cautiousness, discretion, deliberation, prudence.
手打:肖恩
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Estimation, consideration, balance, apportionment, investigation, reckoning,computation, anticipation, forethought, regard, circumspection, watchfulness,vigilance, caution, care
ANT:Inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incaution, indiscretion, miscalculation,misconception, exclusion, exception, omission, carelessness, {[sepdsition]?}
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例句/造句/用法:
- Of course the calculation now was a simple one. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- And the better part of the soul is likely to be that which trusts to measure and calculation? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- My faults, according to this calculation, are heavy indeed! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I committed one error in trusting myself to such a blindfold calculation of chances as this. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- What years of felicity that man, in all human calculation, has before him! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- As to Tom, he was becoming that not unprecedented triumph of calculation which is usually at work on number one. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He will see the general nature of a result long before it can be reached by mathematical calculation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But I give you warning that this mean calculation is wrong. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They _did_ know it evidently: I saw quite well that they all, in a moment's calculation, estimated me at about the same fractional value. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Nothing remains to us but that universal or primary science of which all the arts and sciences are partakers, I mean number or calculation. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Thus, there has been initiated the development of a new and important industry whose possible ultimate proportions are beyond the range of present calculation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Distances traveled by human feet are also estimated by hours and minutes, though I do not know what the base of the calculation is. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But the telegraph posts upon this line are sixty yards apart, and the calculation is a simple one. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- And all arithmetic and calculation have to do with number? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- They made new tables of calculation for aerial flight, and found that a wind of eighteen miles an hour would keep their plane and its operator in the air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, how did my calculations come out under these circumstances? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- That generalization was a presupposition of the calculations leading to the discovery. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- They had worked with their gliders several years, and had made new calculations of the changing angles and currents of air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He took no pains to conceal his calculations and tactics. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The binding fact we must face in all our calculations, and so in politics too, is that you cannot recover what is passed. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I've made the calculations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It was intended to perform the most extended calculations required in astronomy and navigation, and to stamp a record of its work into plates of copper or other material. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A man of facts and calculations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The calculations of various life assurance and annuity offices, among other figures which cannot go wrong, have established the fact. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Without entering into any particular discussion of their calculations, a very simple observation may satisfy us that the result of them must be false. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Whereas you couldn't be more occupied with your day's calculations and combinations than you habitually show yourself to be, if you were a carpenter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- What other calculations do you suppose I have been occupied with? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It seemed there had been an error somewhere in my calculations, and I wanted for time to disclose it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- According to calculations, the force of the water will be so great that pumps will not be needed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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