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单词 guesstimate
释义
guesstimate
noun[C]
informal(alsoguestimate)
uk
/ˈɡes.tə.mət/us
/ˈɡes.tə.mət/
anapproximatecalculationof thesizeoramountof something when you do notknowall thefacts:
大概估计，粗略估算
Current guesstimates are that the company'sturnoverwillincreaseby sixpercentthisyear.按照目前的大致估测，这家公司的营业额今年会增长6%。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • assumption
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • guess
  • misestimation
  • overestimate
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • proposition
  • re-estimate
  • sneaking
  • speculation
  • speculatively
  • supposition
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Calculations & calculating
(Definition ofguesstimatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

guesstimate| American Dictionary

guesstimate
noun[C]
us
/ˈɡes·tə·mət/
acalculationof thesizeoramountof something when you do notknowall thefacts:
Current guesstimates are that the company’sprofitswillincreaseby 10% thisyear.
(Definition ofguesstimatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

guesstimate| Business English

guesstimate
noun[C]
informal(alsoguestimate)
uk
/ˈɡestɪmət/us
anapproximatecalculationof thesizeoramountof something:
I would putpotentialsalesat about 100,000, but that's only a guesstimate.
(Definition ofguesstimatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofguesstimate

guesstimate
These parameter values are ' guesstimates ' chosen with reference to an investigation into age-intensity profiles on onchocerciasis.
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Thus, each of the responsible central authorities, on the basis of whatever information it has access to, has to make its own guesstimates.
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They are all guesstimates which have been plucked from the air.
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We have only guesstimates about the response to the enterprise initiative in the assisted areas.
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He then went on to aguesstimate, saying that he thought that the problem would cost up to £3 billion in the wider public arena.
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Will it not make it very difficult for the inquiry if it has toguesstimatethe numbers of children involved?
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I shall not pursue any political guesstimates about which local authorities are best at handling repairs.
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Myguesstimateis that they might be worth around £5 million to the major parties.
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I do not ask for a commitment, but may we have aguesstimateof how long consultations will take?
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The answer derived must have been aguesstimatebecause it uses figures which, by their nature, cannot be accurately substantiated.
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It is difficult toguesstimateor assert anything and because, by definition, we are talking about something in the future, no one can prove anything.
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Widely cited guesstimates for trafficking range from 600,000 to 900,000 victims worldwide each year.
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The fact that those estimates are really guesstimates is not a fair criticism.
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I believe that the 146 programme is guesstimated now at about £200 million.
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We have all seen many estimates about this, but many of them are "guesstimates".
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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