merit vviH ta/ce.你需要算一算要花多少时间才能完成分配 .的任务。◊ [VN that] has been caZcuZated that at Zeast 47 000 jobs were iost 〖ast year.据估算，去年至少 47 000 人次失去了工作。2 to guess sth or form an opini+on by using all the information available 预测；推测 S3Z1 estimate ： [V that] Conservationists calculate that hundreds 〇/species couki be 〖ost in this area•自然资源保 护主义者预测，数以百计的物种可能会从这个地区消失。

0 [V wh ] It is impossible to calculate what influence he had on her h/e.现在无法估计他对她的生活产生过多大 影响。

cal*cu-lated /'kaelkjuleitid/ adj. [usually before noun] carefully planned to get what you want #心策划的；蓄 意的：a caZcuZated insu丨t蓄意的侮辱〇故的〇夂£1〇£1〖〇1- lated risk (= a risk that you decide is worth taking even though you know it might have bad results).他甘 冒风险，因为他觉得值。ID be calcu丨ated to do sth to be intended to do sth; to be likely to do sth 打算做； 故意做；可能做：Her 〖atest piay is cdcukited to shock. 她最新推出的剧本故意要耸人听闻。◊ This sort o/h/e is not cafcuZated to appea! to a young man o/20.这种生活 对于一个20岁的年轻小伙子不大可能有吸引力。 cal-cu-lat-ing /'kaelkjuleitiq/ adj. {disapproving) good at planning things so that you have an advantage, without caring about other people 精明的；精于算计 的：a co〖d and caZcu〖ating fciHer —个■工于心计的冷‘杀 手◊ J never reaZized you couZd be so caZcuZaring.我真没 有想到你会样有心计。 cal-CU-la-tion /^aelkju'leijn/ noun

1 [C, U] the act or process of using numbers to find out an amount 计算：Cathy did a rough cafcu〖arion.凯茜作 了一个粗略如计算。◊办my cafcuZarion站we made a pro/it 〇少£20 OOOZast year.我算了 一下，:门去年贏利2 万矣镑。0 Our guess was confirmed by calculation, 沾猜测通过计算得到证实。2 [C，U] the process of using your judgement to decide what the results would be of doing sth 估计；预测；推测 3 [U](冰sflpp/w/>?g) careful planning for yourself without caring about other people 算计；备私的打算：an act 〇/ coZd caZcutotfcm 冷酷无情的算计

cal-cu-la-tor /'kaelkjuleita(r)/ noun a small electronic device for calculating with numbers if ^ ^ ： a pocket calculator

cal-cu-lus /'kaelkjalas/ noun [U] the type of mathematics that deals with rates of change, for example in the slope of a curve or the speed of a tailing object 微积分 cal'dera /knl'deara; NAmE -'disra; koil'dera; -'dira/ noun (technical a very large hole in the top of a

volcano, usually caused by an eruption.破火山'口 (.巨大碗口形火山凹地）. cal-dron (NAmE) = cauldron

Cale-do-nian /.kaeli'daonian; NAmE -'dou-/ adj. con- nected with Scotland 苏格兰沾 cal-en-dar /'kaBlind9(r)/ noun 1 a page or series of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year, especially one that you hang on a wall 日历；挂历：a caiendar /or 2006 * 2006 年日历一see also Advent calendar 2 (NAm^) a record of what you have to do each day; the book in which you write this down .日程表；记事未 3 [usual丨y sing.] a list of important events or dates of a particular type during the year ( 年之中的）重大事件（或重要日期 > 一览表：is one 〇/the biggest weeks fn the racing caZen&ar.这是全年赛马 日程表中最重要的几个星期之一。4 a system by which time is divided into fixed periods, showing the beginning and end of a year JS ： the Islamic calendar ..兰教历

.calendar 'month noun (technical 1 one of the twelve months of the year日历月（一年十二个月中的 —个月）.一compare lunar month 2 a period of time from a particular date in one month to the same date in the next one —整月的射间（即从某月某日到下月同一 日的期间）

.calendar 'year noun {technical the period of time from 1 January to 31 December in the same year 日.■历 年（公历1月1日至12月31日十 calf /ka:f; NAmEkaef/ noun [pi calves/ka:vz; NAmEksevz/) 1 [C] the back part of the leg between the ankle and the