cal‧cu‧la‧tion S2 / kælkjəleɪʃ ə n, kælkjʊleɪʃ ə n / 名词

1 [可数名词，通常复数，不可数] when you use numbers in order to find out an amount, price, or value :

Dee looked at the bill and made some rapid calculations.

by sb’s/some/many calculations

By some calculations, the population will reach eight million soon.

2 [可数和不可数名词] careful planning in order to get what you want, especially without caring about the effects on other people → miscalculation :

political calculation

3 [不可数名词] when you think carefully about what the probable results will be if you do something → miscalculation

COLLOCATIONS

动词

do/make a calculation The children should be able to do that calculation in their heads.

perform a calculation formal (= do one ) Computers can perform calculations very quickly.

形容词

a simple calculation A simple calculation will show that these figures are incorrect.

a rough calculation (= not very detailed or exact ) I made a few rough calculations of how much it would cost.

a quick/rapid calculation He did a rapid calculation.

a detailed calculation Your report must be supported by detailed calculations.

complex calculations Computers can be used to handle complex calculations.

mathematical calculations pages of mathematical calculations

somebody’s calculations are right/correct/accurate Fortunately his calculations were accurate.

somebody’s calculations are wrong/inaccurate Some of our calculations were wrong.