Subtract
[səb'trækt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) take off or away; 'this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French'.
(verb.) make a subtraction; 'subtract this amount from my paycheck'.
編輯:利瓦伊--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Deduct, withdraw, take, take away.
艾琳編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Withdraw, remove, deduct, take
ANT:Add, import, adduce, give, bring
校對:罗杰
解釋/意思:
v.t. to take away a part from the rest: to take one number or quantity from another to find their difference.—ns. Subtrac′ter; Subtrac′tion the act or operation of subtracting: the taking a less number or quantity from a greater.—adj. Subtract′ive subtracting: tending to subtract or lessen.—n. Sub′trahend the sum or number to be subtracted from another.
編輯:韦斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- The Comptometer used in banks is a species of typewriter, as is also the Dudley adding and subtracting machine, known as the Numerograph, and covered by patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The members give the impression that they think of prostitution as something that can be subtracted from our civilization without changing the essential character of its institutions. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This calls for revision of the original aim; it has to be added to and subtracted from. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We owe to him the definition of a line as length without breadth, and the formulation of the axiom, Equals subtracted from equals leave equals. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
弗洛西錄入