reckoning

英語

詞源

reckon的動名詞，來自reckon +‎ -ing。對照荷蘭語 rekening、德語 Rechnung。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/, /ˈɹɛkn̩ɪŋ/

• 音頻 (南英格蘭)：

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• 斷字：reck‧on‧ing

動詞

reckoning

1. reckon 的現在時分詞和動名詞

名詞

reckoning (可數 和 不可數，複數 reckonings)

1. 估計，估算

   By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.

   按此推算，走五哩路要花上六個星期。

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   • 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     So saying, he called for a reckoning for the wine, and throwing down the price of the additional bottle which he had himself introduced, rose as if to take leave of us.

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2. 意見或判斷

   day of reckoning

   最後的審判日；清算之日

3. 評估，總結
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, 出自 English World-Wide‎^[1]，第 18 頁:

     The research presented in this paper is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reckoning of an expanding set of portmanteau terms based on the word English.

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4. 算賬，清算
5. 報應，懲罰
6. (古舊) 帳單或支票，尤指在旅館或酒館
7. (古舊) 等級，地位

同義詞

• (估計，估算)： calculation、computation；參見Thesaurus:calculation

衍生詞

• day of reckoning
• dead reckoning
• Dutch reckoning
• final reckoning
• off-reckoning