estimate

英 ['estɪmeɪt]美 ['ɛstə,met]
  • vi. 估计，估价
  • n. 估计，估价；判断，看法
  • vt. 估计，估量；判断，评价
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助记提示

1. estimate <===> esteem.
2. 最多爱几个同学.
3. estimated to be 据估计是……
4. It's estimated that 据估计

中文词源

estimate 估计

来自拉丁语aestimare, 估计，评估，判定价值，来自aes, 铜，词源同ore, -tim, 砍，切，词源同anatomy. 比较同源词esteem.

英文词源

estimate (n.)
1560s, "valuation," from Latin aestimatus "determine the value of," figuratively "to value, esteem," verbal noun from aestimare (see esteem (v.)). Earlier in sense "power of the mind" (mid-15c.). Meaning "approximate judgment" is from 1580s. As a builder's statement of projected costs, from 1796.
estimate (v.)
1530s, "appraise the worth of," from Latin aestimatus, past participle of aestimare "to value, appraise" (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "form an approximate notion" is from 1660s. Related: Estimated; estimates; estimating.

双语例句

1. Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.
其估计数目300与另一项调查的结果相吻合。
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2. A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about £22,000.
到目前为止，这笔账单保守估计大约为2.2万英镑。
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3. At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.
至少有一个估价把总数定在了700万美元。
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4. I estimate that the total cost for treatment will be $12,500.
我估计治疗费用总共会有12,500美元。
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5. I hadn't been far wrong in my estimate of his grandson's capabilities.
我对他孙子的能力的判断还不算太离谱。
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