reckoning
英 ['rek(ə)nɪŋ]
美 ['rɛkənɪŋ]
- n. 計算；清算；算帳
- v. 計算；認為；指望（reckon的ing形式）
英文詞源
- reckoning (n.)
- early 14c., "narrative, account," verbal noun from reckon (v.). Meaning "a settling of accounts" is from mid-14c.; that of "calculation" is from late 14c. Compare Dutch rekening "a bill, account, reckoning," Old High German rechenunga, German rechnung, Danish regning "a reckoning, computation." Day of reckoning attested from c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. By my reckoning we were seven or eight kilometres from Borj Mechaab.
- 據我估計我們離梅卡巴堡有七八公裏遠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly.
- 調查這個案子的警官正在考慮盡快起訴嫌疑人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The day of reckoning is coming for the water company directors.
- 跟自來水公司的主管們算賬的日子就要到來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Phelan is fit again and could come into the reckoning.
- 菲蘭已經恢複了體力,有可能獲勝.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The reckoning up of revenue and expenditure shows a small surplus.
- 收支相抵,略有剩餘.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》