calculated
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cal·cu·lat·ed /ˈkælkjəleɪtɪd/ adjective 1 DELIBERATELYa calculated crime or dishonest action is deliberately and carefully planned – used to show disapproval 蓄意的，精心策划的，处心积虑的〔含贬义〕 a calculated attempt to deceive the American public 蓄意欺骗美国民众的企图2 a calculated risk/gamble RISKsomething risky that you do after thinking carefully about what might happen 预料到的风险 The police took a calculated risk in releasing him. 警方冒险一搏，释放了他。 —calculatedly adverbExamples from the Corpus
calculated• The cruelty with which Mengele's orders were carried out was ruthless and calculated.• It was a calculated attempt to make the governor look foolish.• The most fruitful studies have been based on calculated energy levels.• I work in a very intuitive way rather than in a calculated manner.• She got rid of her victims one by one, with cold and calculated precision.• Statements made by Mr. Lyman were just a calculated scare tactic designed to frighten consumers.• The Bridge disaster, along with the subsequent events on Moloch, had thrown Piper's carefully calculated schedules into complete disarray.• I suspect that the unattended team is deliberate: a calculated suppression of Myrtilos.• The strings in the recogniser output column are the calculated top ranked candidate string for each word.calculated attempt• It was not defensive, but a calculated attempt to discredit Lloyd George.• But there is no basis for deducing a calculated attempt to embarrass the leadership.cal·cu·lat·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable
deliberately is a or and crime dishonest action Corpus calculated
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calculated
cal‧cu‧lat‧ed /ˈkælkjəleɪtəd, ˈkælkjʊleɪtəd/
adjective
a calculated attempt to deceive the American public
2. a calculated risk/gamble something risky that you do after thinking carefully about what might happen:
The police took a calculated risk in releasing him.
—calculatedly adverb
cal‧cu‧lat‧ed /ˈkælkjəleɪtəd, ˈkælkjʊleɪtəd/
adjective Word Family: adjective: calculable ≠ incalculable, calculated, calculating; noun: calculation, calculator; verb: calculate; adverb: calculatedly
1. a calculated crime or dishonest action is deliberately and carefully planned – used to show disapproval: 2. a calculated risk/gamble something risky that you do after thinking carefully about what might happen:
—calculatedly adverb
