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单词 reckon
释义 reck·on
\ˈrekən\ verb
(reckoned ; reckoned ; reckoning \-k(ə)niŋ\ ; reckons)
Etymology: Middle English rekenen, rikenen, from Old English -recenian (as in gerecenian to recount, narrate); akin to Middle Dutch rekenen to reckon, Old High German rehhanōn, Old English reccan to give heed — more at reck
transitive verb
1. : to go over one by one : enumerate — used with up or over
 < would need several pages merely to reckon up the names >
 < reckoning her wrongs over vividly — George Meredith >
2.
 a. : count
  < I have not art to reckon my groans — Shakespeare >
 b. : to arrive at or estimate by calculation : compute
  < in reckoning the height, allow for a thick mat or excelsior cushion underfoot — Emily Holt >
  < stood gazing about, trying to reckon the size of the cave — Willa Cather >
 c. : to calculate or determine by reference to a fixed point or basis
  < the existence of the United States is reckoned from the Declaration of Independence >
  < the society is matrilineal and all blood relations and personal loyalties are reckoned on the blood ties — Abram Kardiner >
3.
 a. : to regard or think of as : account, consider
  < the artist is reckoned a freak — Clive Bell >
  < taught men to reckon virtue of more moment than security — W.F.Hambly >
 b. : to include as part of a total or classification : class, place
  < has commonly been reckoned an American philosopher — Americana Annual >
  < many anthropologists have accordingly reckoned them as an early Caucasoid offshoot — A.L.Kroeber >
 c. : attribute, assign — used with to
  < despite his astonishing anticipations of the painting of the end of the nineteenth century, it seems better to reckon him to the old school — F.J.Mather >
 d. : to evaluate the character or worth of : sum — used with up
  < sitting opposite the boys in church, and reckoning them up with her keen eyes — Samuel Butler †1902 >
4.
 a. : to conclude on the basis of a calculation or estimation
  < reckon that we lost a fifth of the oats through sprouting — Country Life >
  < reckons that his phone rings on an average three times a day — New York Herald Tribune >
 b. chiefly dialect : to be of the impression or opinion that : suppose, think
  < been doing this work for six years and we reckon we know something about it — C.D.Lewis >
intransitive verb
1. : to settle accounts or claims — usually used with with
 < after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them — Mt 25:19 (Authorized Version) >
2. : to make a calculation : compute
 < seemed to reckon in her mind — H.G.Wells >
 < reckoned, and put his money on his newfound fellow clerk — Winston Churchill >
3. chiefly dialect
 a. : expect, intend
 b. : claim, pretend
4.
 a. : estimate, judge
  < thoroughly nice people, as the world reckons — Mary Ross >
 b. chiefly dialect : suppose, think
  < it's faith, I reckon, that's kept her goin' — Ellen Glasgow >
5. : to place reliance : count, depend — used with on or upon
 < reckon on your promise to aid me — George Meredith >
 < do not reckon upon it with certainty — Rachel Henning >
Synonyms: see calculate, consider, rely

- reckon with
- reckon without
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