reckon
verb
uk/ˈrek.ən/us/ˈrek.ən/reckonverb(THINK)
B2[I]informal
tothinkorbelieve:
想;认为,以为I reckon it's going torain.我觉得天要下雨了。
[+ (that)]How much do you reckon(that)it's going tocost?你认为这会花多少钱?
"Can youfixmycartoday?" "I reckon not/so(=probablynot/probably)."“你能今天把我的汽车修好吗?”“我想不行/大概可以。”
- "Howolddo I reckon she is? I'd say 38." "Spot on."
- She's beenpromisingtopayback themoneyfor sixmonths, but I reckon she's juststringingme along.
- He reckons allpolicemenarefascistsandbullies.
- There was a man on thenewslastnightwho reckons we've beenvisitedbybeingsfrom otherworlds.
- Ipaidfor theticketsand youboughtdinnerso we'requits, I reckon.
Thinking and contemplating
- a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- harbour
- in the cold light of dayidiom
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- reflection
- rumination
- run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
reckonverb(CONSIDER)
[T]
toconsideror have theopinionthat something is asstated:
认为;把…看作I don't reckon muchto(USof)theirchancesofwinning(= I do notthinkthey willwin).我认为他们获胜的希望不大。
She waswidelyreckoned(to be)thebestactressof hergeneration.人们普遍认为她是她那一代最优秀的演员。
Imagining and conceiving
- assume
- beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceivably
- guess
- imagine
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- reach
- regard
- retheorize
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- throw
reckonverb(CALCULATE)
[T]mainlyUK
tocalculateanamount:
计算Angelaquicklyreckoned theamounton herfingers.安吉拉掰着手指头快速计算了一下数量。
Theinflationrateis now reckonedto be10percent.据计算,现在的通货膨胀率是10%。
Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- count
- countsomethingout
- countdown
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- dendrochronology
- headcount
- numeracy
- numerate
- octal
- reckonsomethingin
- recount
- renumber
- run
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- run tosomething
- the Fundamental Counting Principle
Idiom
to be reckoned with
Phrasal verbs
reckonsomethingin
reckon onsomething
reckonsomethingup
reckon withsomeone/something
reckon withoutsomething