資料來源 : pyDict
計算,合計,總計;指望,依賴;設想,預料;報應,懲罰
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Reckon \Reck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reckoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reckoning}.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain;
akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and
to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably
being, to bring together, count together. See {Reck}, v. t.]
1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to
calculate.
The priest shall reckon to him the money according
to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii.
18.
I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the
outside of the church. --Addison.
2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by
rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to
esteem; to repute.
He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke
xxii. 37.
For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton.
3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a
certain quality or value.
Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
--Rom. iv. 9.
Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for
a crime. --Hawthorne.
4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of
chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an
objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
value; esteem; account; repute. See {Calculate},
{Guess}.
Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
3. Esteem; account; estimation.
You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead
reckoning (see under {Dead}); -- also used fro dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
{To be out of her reckoning}, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
資料來源 : WordNet®
reckoning
n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {calculation},
{computation}, {figuring}]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: {tally}]
3: the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
hours" [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration},
{tally}]