estimate

英 ['estɪmət] 美 ['estɪmət]

• n. 估价；估计
• v. 估计；估价；评价

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]估计,估价

   judgement or calculation

2. [C]报价

   statement of the price

3. [C]判断

   judgement of the character or qualities

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 估计; 评价,评估

   form a judgement or opinion about how much, how many, how good, or the like

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 估价，估计，估算
2. 评价；判断
3. 估价单
4. 看法；意见
5. 预测；预算
6. 估计数；数值；估计值
7. 预算额
8. 预算书
9. 估计的成本
10. 报价

v. 动词

1. 判断，评价，评断，评估
2. 估算，估计，估量，估价
3. 计算，推算，预算
4. 摸透，琢磨，揣度

英英释义

Noun:

1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

   "an estimate of what it would cost"
   "a rough idea how long it would take"
   

2. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody;

   "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"
   "in my estimation the boy is innocent"
   

3. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

4. a statement indicating the likely cost of some job;

   "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"
   

5. the respect with which a person is held;

   "they had a high estimation of his ability"
   

Verb:

1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

   "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
   

2. judge to be probable

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is an outside estimate of the price.
   这是最高的估价。
2. Your estimate was rejected by the seller.
   你的估价单被卖家回绝了。
3. This is a safe estimate.
   这是个有把握的估计。
4. We need to make an accurate estimate beforehand.
   我们需要事先作出准确的估计。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I estimate it will take three months to build the bridge .
   我估计建造这座桥得用3个月时间。
2. Statisticians can estimate the highest expected winds.
   统计人员能估计最大风速。
3. He estimates his losses at two million.
   他估计他的损失为两百万元。
4. The medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.
   老年医疗保健费用估计为十亿美元。
5. It's impossible to estimate his abilities yet.
   目前评价他的能力是不可能的。
6. He is highly estimated among his colleagues.
   同事们对他的评价很高。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The painter's estimate for painting the whole house was 1000 dollars.
   油漆匠对油刷整个房子的估价是1000美元。
2. At a rough estimate, the army must have covered 250 miles that day.
   粗略估计,那天部队行进了250英里。
3. We got estimates from three different contractors.
   我们得到三个承包商的报价。
4. I know him well enough to form an estimate of his abilities.
   我对他很了解,可以对他的能力作出判断。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Can you estimate the worth of the used car?
   你能估计一下这辆旧汽车值多少钱吗?
2. He estimated the possible future developments.
   他估计了未来可能的发展。
3. We have first to estimate their effects upon complicated social conditions.
   我们首先得衡量他们对复杂社会状况的影响。
4. People estimate the literature excellence of the book very highly.
   人们高度评价这本书文学上的优点。
5. We estimated his character highly.
   我们对他的人品评价很高。
6. It is impossible to estimate his abilities yet.
   还不可能对他的能力作出评价。
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7. He is highly estimated among his colleagues.
   同事们对他的评价很高。
8. She is estimated too lowly.
   对她的评价太低了。

S+～+that-clause

1. Father estimated that the rug was nine feet long and six feet wide.
   父亲估计这条地毯有9英尺长,6英尺宽。
2. The gardener estimated that it would take him four hours to weed the garden.
   园丁估计他给花园除草需要四个小时。
3. He estimated that his rate of profit would be 10 percent at the outside.
   他估计他的利润最多不过10%。

It is ～ed+that-clause

1. It is estimated that the casualties may run to more than ten thousands killed and wounded.
   估计伤亡人数可过万。
2. It is estimated that total investment in the country will continue to increase this year.
   据估计国内投资总额今年将继续增加。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to be n.

1. We estimate the cost to be five thousand dollars.
   我们估计费用为5000美元。
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2. The giant ape is estimated to be almost two metres high.
   据估计这只巨猿几乎高达两公尺。

经典引文

• The journey was a fearfully heavy one..at her own estimate.

  出自： T. Hardy

• He was mistaken if he expected her to be flattered by his estimate of her.

  出自： P. Larkin

• While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance.

  出自： S. Johnson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

estimate at (v.+prep.)

估计,猜测…为 guess (usually a cost or size) to be (a stated amount)
estimate sth at sth
I estimate his age at thirty-five.

我估计他年龄在35岁。
The police estimated the number of tourists at about 20000.

警方估计旅游的人数大约为两万人。
The firm estimated the cost of new house at ￡3000.

公司估计新房子的成本为3000英镑。
I would estimate the size of the garden at 100 square metres.

据我看,这花园100平方米左右。
The cost of building railway was estimated at over one hundred thousand pounds.

这条铁路的建筑费用估计要超过10万英镑。

estimate for (v.+prep.)

对…估价 evaluate about sth
estimate for sth/v-ing
The man estimated for the repair of the car.

那人估算了修理汽车的费用。
I asked building firms to estimate for the repair to the roof.

我已请了几家建筑公司估计修理这屋顶所需的费用。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• base〔form, give, make〕 estimate 估计

形容词+～

• accurate〔correct〕 estimate 准确〔正确〕的估计
• fair〔general〕 estimate 公正〔普遍〕的估计
• preliminary estimate 初步估计

介词+～

• at estimate 估计
• below estimate 低于估计
• by estimate 照估计
• on estimate 根据估计

～+介词

• estimate for 对…估计
• estimate of… 估计

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• estimate the cost 估计成本
• estimate the distance of a journey 估计旅途的行程
• estimate the losses 估计损失
• estimate the possibility 估计可能性
• estimate sb's real strength 估计某人的实力
• estimate the size 估计大小规模
• estimate the speed 预计速度
• estimate the total damage 估计总的损坏情况
• estimate the value of sth 估计某物的价值
• estimate a year's harvest 估计一年的收成

～+副词

• estimate approximately〔roughly〕 大致地估计
• estimate conservatively 保守地估计
• estimate generally 大体上估计
• estimate highly 评价很高
• estimate justly 公正地评价
• estimate professionally 专业评估
• estimate rightly 正确地评价
• estimate theoretically 理论上评价

～+介词

• estimate sth at 估计某物为…
• estimate for the repairs to the roof 估算修理屋顶的费用
• estimate in money 用金钱衡量

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. estimate的基本意思是“评估”,即“估计”“评价”,指人对某物〔事物〕的价值、能力、意义等作出合理的或有时是合理的判断,这种判断不一定是公正客观的,也不一定是确定无疑的; 作出这种判断可以是认真地,也可以是漫不经心地。
2. estimate主要用作及物动词,可接名词、代词或that从句作宾语,也可接以“to be+数量短语”充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. estimate宾语后接介词at,表示“估计…为”。
4. estimate也可用作不及物动词,后接介词for表示“对…估价”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

estimate, appraise, assay, assess, evaluate , rate, value

• 这组词都有“估价”的意思。其区别在于:estimate指个人的主观估价; appraise指以专家身份作出最终精确的估价; assay原指化验某物以确定其性质、分量或价值,引申指在衡量某事物之前作出鉴定性分析; assess指对财产进行估价作为征收税款或罚款的依据,引申指在使用某人或某物之前对其作出精确评价,以作最后决定的依据; evaluate是数学用语,指“求…的值”,引申指用比较熟悉的表示法评估某事物的价值; rate则专指评定价值等级的高低; value强调精确地估价。

词源解说

• ☆ 1560年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的aestimatus，意为估计。

近反义词

【近义词】

• calculation
• estimation
• judgment
• reckoning