reckoning
英 ['rek(ə)nɪŋ]
美 ['rɛkənɪŋ]
- n. 计算；清算；算帐
- v. 计算；认为；指望（reckon的ing形式）
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. By my reckoning we were seven or eight kilometres from Borj Mechaab.
- 据我估计我们离梅卡巴堡有七八公里远。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly.
- 调查这个案子的警官正在考虑尽快起诉嫌疑人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The day of reckoning is coming for the water company directors.
- 跟自来水公司的主管们算账的日子就要到来了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Phelan is fit again and could come into the reckoning.
- 菲兰已经恢复了体力,有可能获胜.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The reckoning up of revenue and expenditure shows a small surplus.
- 收支相抵,略有剩余.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》