1an estimate (of sth) a guess or judgement about the size, cost, etc of sth, before you have all the facts and figures 估计:
Can you give me a rough estimate of how many people will be at the meeting?有多少人出席会议?可以给我一个大概的数字吗?At a conservative estimate (= the real figure will probably be higher), the job will take six months to complete.据保守估计,这项任务要六个月才能完成。
2an estimate (for sth/doing sth) a written statement from a person who is going to do a job for you, for example a BUILDER or a painter, telling you how much it will cost (营造商等就某项工程发出的)估价单:
They gave me an estimate for repairing the roof.他们给我一张修缮屋顶的估价单。☞Look at quotation. 参看 quotation。
a ballpark figure/estimate→BALLPARK
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/ˈestɪmeɪt ||; ˈɛstəˌmet/verb
[T] estimate sth (at sth);estimate that... to calculate the size, cost, etc of sth approximately, before you have all the facts and figures 估计:
The police estimated the crowd at 10000.警方估计群众人数为10000。She estimated that the work would take three months.她估计这项工作需时三个月。
estimate1/ˋɛstə͵met; ˈestəmeIt or ˈestImeIt/v [T] to decide what you think the value, size etc of something is, partly by guessing and partly by calculating 估算﹐估计: +that We estimate that 75% of our customers are teenagers. 我们估计我们的顾客中75%是青少年。estimate sth at sth The cost has been estimated at $1500. 费用估计为 1500 美元。—estimated adj : An estimated 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. 估计有 10,000 人参加了示威游行。
estimate2/ˋɛstəmIt; ˈestəmət or ˈestImIt/n [C] 1 what you think the value, size etc of something is, after calculating it quickly 估计﹐估算: According to some estimates, two-thirds of the city was destroyed. 据有些人估计﹐这座城市的三分之二已被摧毁。At a rough estimate , I’d say it's 300 years old. 粗略估计﹐我觉得它有 300 年历史。2 a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something〔建造或修理费用的〕估价﹔报价: I got three estimates. 我收到三份报价。
estimateestimateestimatesestimatedestimating2verb (estimates, estimating, estimated)to say how much you think something will cost, how big something is, or how long it will take to do something: The builders estimated that it would take a week to repair the roof.estimateestimateestimates1nouna guess about the size or cost of something before you have all the facts and figures: Can you give me a rough estimate of how many people will be there?