calculation
noun
uk/ˌkæl.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkæl.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/calculationnoun(NUMBERS)
B2[CorU]
theprocessof usinginformationyou already have andadding, taking away,multiplying, ordividingnumberstojudgethenumberoramountof something:
算,计算The calculations that youdid/madecontaineda fewinaccuracies.你的计算有几处不准确。
- Ispenthoursdoing that calculation and I still got theanswerwrong.
- She made aroughcalculation of thelikelycost.
- We used differentmethodsof calculation, but we both got the sameresult.
- anumericalcalculation
- According to my calculations, we're still two thousandpoundsshort.
Calculations & calculating
- algebraic
- algebraically
- algo
- algorithmic
- amount
- calculator
- count
- formula
- guesstimate
- interpolate
- matrix
- miscalculation
- multigrid
- multigroup
- multipole
- non-commutative
- number-crunching
- QED
- root
- triangulation
calculationnoun(PERSON)
[U]
carefulplanningtocontrolasituationforyourownadvantagein a way that isslightlyunpleasantandcausespeoplenot totrustyou:
算计There's anelementof calculation in hisbehaviourthat makes medistrusthim.他的行为透着些许算计,让我不信任他。
Sly & devious
- artful
- artfully
- artfulness
- backdoor
- calculating
- cunning
- cunningly
- devious
- deviously
- deviousness
- ducking
- filthy
- foxy
- guile
- gymnastics
- legerdemain
- Machiavellian
- Machiavellianism
- underhand
- wily