calculate/ˋkælkjə͵let; ˈkælkjəleIt or ˈkælkjʊleIt/v [T]1 to find out how much something will cost, how long something will take etc, by using numbers 计算﹐算出calculate how much/how many etc I’m trying to calculate how much paint we need. 我在试着算出我们需要多少油漆。+(that) Sally calculated that the trip would cost about £2000. 萨莉算了一下﹐这趟旅行大约需要 2000 英镑。THESAURUS 同类词work out – a less formal word for calculate 算一算﹐计算出〔较为不正式的用词〕: Let's try to work out how much this will cost. 我们来算一算这需要多少开销。add sth and sth – to put two or more numbers together to find the total 把某数和某数相加: Add 7 and 5 to make 12. 7 加 5 等于 12。subtract sth from sth also 又作 take sth away from sth – to reduce one number by another number从某数中减去某数: If you subtract 12 from 15, you get 3. 15 减 12 等于 3。Take 2 away from 4 and you’re left with 2. 4 减去 2 得 2。multiply – to add a number to itself a particular number of times 乘: 4 multiplied by 10 is 40. 4 乘 10 等于40。divide – to calculate how many times one number contains another number 除: 10 divided by 2 equals 5. 10 除以 2 等于 5。plus spoken 【口】– used between numbers to show that you are adding them together 加: Two plus two equals four. 二加二等于四。minus spoken 【口】– used between numbers to show that you are taking one away from the other 减: Six minus five is one. 六减五等于一。2 to guess something using the information you have 估计: +what/whether/how etc It's difficult to calculate what effect these changes will have. 这些变化会产生什么影响很难估计。+(that) He’d calculated that she would be home by now. 他估计此刻她已到家了。3 be calculated to do sth to be intended to have a particular effect 旨在做某事﹐用意在于某事: It seemed his letter was calculated to upset her. 他的信好像是故意要让她难过。
calculatecalculatecalculatescalculatedcalculatingverb (calculates, calculating, calculated)to find an amount or a number by using mathematics: Can you calculate how much the holiday will cost?