SAT词汇的掌握是大家取得SAT考试好成绩的基础，今天小编为大家提供的是SAT真词calculate，以下是详细内容。

　　calculate

　　vt.& vi.计算; 估计; 打算，计划; 旨在;

　　vt.预测，推测;

　　第三人称单数：calculates过去分词：calculated现在进行时：calculating过去式：calculated

　　柯林斯高阶英汉词典：

　　1.VERB计算If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.

　　From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy...

　　由此你可以算出银河系的总质量。

　　2.VERB估算;估计;推算;预料If you calculate the effects of something, especially a possible course of action, you think about them in order to form an opinion or decide what to do.

　　I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...

　　我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。

　　例句：

　　1.The return on investment is harder to calculate.

　　计算投资的回报变得越来越难。

　　2.The most recent attempt to calculate the importance of exports provided some dramatic conclusions.

　　推算出口重要性的最新努力，带来了一些戏剧性的结论。

　　3.How do we calculate these kind of trade-offs?

　　我们怎么来计算这样的取舍呢?

　　4.To calculate their price targets, they multiplied apple's estimated earnings by factors that ranged from 16 to 22.5.

　　为了计算目标股价，他们将苹果公司的预期收入乘以从16到22.5的不同系数。