| 单词 | calculated |
| 释义 | calculated (kælkjʊleɪtɪd ) 1. adjective If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect. Their movements were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings. These tracks were calculated to be controversial and attract attention to the album. 2. adjective If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect. This is an approach hardly calculated to win political support. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can describe a clever or dishonest action as calculated when it is very carefully planned or arranged. Irene's cleaning the floor had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime. ...a calculated and coherent strategy for winning power. Synonyms: deliberate, planned, considered, studied 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you take a calculated risk, you do something which you think might be successful, although you have fully considered the possible bad consequences of your action. The President took a calculated political risk in throwing his full support behind the rebels. Collocations: calculated attempt No doubt your family regard this as a calculated attempt to buy your affection. Times, Sunday Times They weren't for show - they were a calculated attempt to manipulate the field by getting another man moved over from the leg side. Times, Sunday Times The decision to have models as ball-persons was a carefully calculated attempt to glean extra publicity for the event. Times, Sunday Times He said that the accusation had been a 'highly calculated attempt to wound my company'. Times, Sunday Times He pleaded guilty at last, in a plainly calculated attempt to end up in a relatively kindly hospital amid empathetic headlines saying 'his world has collapsed'. Times, Sunday Times This was at best negligent or incompetent - or both - or the result of a calculated decision not to counter such activities. Times,Sunday Times Usually they know what they are missing out on; it's very much a calculated decision. Times, Sunday Times We were all grafting so you had to make calculated decisions. The Sun The manager has admitted to taking a calculated gamble. Times, Sunday Times Common sense, maybe, as a refusal to sign defensive cover that always looked like a calculated gamble now seems utterly reckless. Times, Sunday Times He had taken a calculated gamble by calling members of his squad 'too nice'. Times, Sunday Times Franchise bidding has been a calculated gamble on the economy. Times, Sunday Times I know that he wants to be in the team, but he has taken a calculated gamble. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 故意作出的 Japanese: 意図されて |
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