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美音:[(noun) ´estəmət (verb) ´estə´meıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.估计,估价,评估 n.估计,估价,评估

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名词:estimator 形容词:estimative 动词过去式:estimated 过去分词:estimated 现在分词:estimating 第三人称单数:estimates

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estimate


/'estɪmət; `ɛstəmət/
n
1 judgement or calculation of the approximate size, cost, value, etc of sth 估计; 估价
*I can give you a rough estimate of the number of bricks you will need. 我可大略估算一下你需要多少砖.
* This is an outside estimate of the price, ie an estimate of the highest probable price. 这是最高的估价.
2 statement of the price a builder, etc will probably charge for doing specified work (营造商等对承建工程的)报价
*We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到三个承包商的报价後, 接受了价钱最低的. Cf 参看 quotation 4.
3 judgement of the character or qualities of sb/sth (对某人[事物]性格或质量的)判断
*I don't know her well enough to form an estimate of her abilities. 我对她不太了解, 无法对她的能力作出判断.

/'estɪmeɪt; `ɛstə,met/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tnt, Tf, Tw] ~ sth (at sth) form an approximate idea of sth; calculate roughly the cost, size, value, etc of sth 估计
*We estimated his income at/to be about
8000 a year. 我们估计他一年的收入大约8000英镑.
* She estimated that the work would take three months. 她估计这项工作需要三个月.
* Can you estimate its length/how long it is? 你能估计其长度[它有多长]吗?
2 [Ipr] ~ for sth calculate the probable price of (a specified job) 估算(某项工作)的费用
*We asked our builder to estimate for the repair of the ceiling. 我们要求营造商估算一下修理天花板的费用. Cf 参看 quote 3.
1. It is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.
    但要估算别人为我们为所提供的服务的价值却是极其困难的。

2. We already see that. One recent estimate is that one-sixth of all fourteen- to twenty-four-year-olds in America — mostly males — are currently "disaffected and disconnected".
    我们已经看到了这一点。最新的一项估计表明,美国所有14至24岁的人当中有六分之一--大多数为男性--现在已 "心存不满,与社会格格不入"。

3. This is a conservative estimate of the population in the year 2000.
    这是对公元二○○○年时人口的保守估计。

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