reckon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++reck·on /ˈrekən/ ●●○ S3 verb [transitive] 1 spokenTHINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to think or suppose something 认为，以为reckon (that) Do you reckon he’ll agree to see us? 你认为他会同意见我们吗？ The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day. 警方认为杀害爸爸的人那天早些时候就和他在一起。 ‘There’s nothing we can do about it.’ ‘You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement)?’ “这件事我们无能为力。”“是吗？”2 GUESSto guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly 估算，估计reckon (that) We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output. 我们估计，交通堵塞造成的延误使我们每年损失90亿美元左右的产值。reckon something to be something The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around £200,000. 这个地区公寓房的平均售价估计在20万英镑左右。3 JUDGEto think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing 认为…是…be reckoned to be something The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers. 洛森一家被认为是非常出色的农场主。 Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce. 搬家被认为几乎和离婚一样劳心费神。be reckoned as something An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake. 7级地震被认为是大地震。n Grammar Reckon is usually passive in this meaning.4 formalCOUNT/CALCULATE to calculate an amount 计算 The expression ‘full moon’ means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance. 所谓“满月”是指从新月初现算起的第14天。n GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveReckon is not used in the progressive. You say: I reckon he’s going to win. ✗Don’t say: I’m reckoning he’s going to win. PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
reckon• The TV audience in China is reckoned at 800 million.• Brenda reckons having her own bike has a few benefits.• I reckon I'd do it for a thousand pounds.• How long do you reckon it will take?• None of us had reckoned on open-heart surgery.• If it's being run for the short-term, they reckon, that could account for a lot of its recent pragmatism.• Sun insiders reckon the company will price-list Motif almost immediately.• They reckon the French team's better than ours.• This hotel is reckoned to be one of the best in the country.• By now he was a quick and decisive player, a force to be reckoned with at center half.• What do you reckon - would this make a good present for Donald's birthday?reckon (that)• Scientists reckon a third of global-warming gases are produced by cars and trucks.• I had eaten a few curries in my time, I reckoned, but never in such natural and ethnic conditions.• Not a day over twenty-five, Charlotte reckoned - hardly two years senior to herself.• Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.• In brief Constable reckons it will have the first UK-published book on the Waco disaster.• We reckon she was brought in from somewhere nearby, and dumped on us.• Gurney reckons this design makes the bike more stable because the centre of gravity is lower.• Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more.• Twenty years, he reckoned, to an Assistant Director's desk in Headquarters.reckon (that)• I had eaten a few curries in my time, I reckoned, but never in such natural and ethnic conditions.• Not a day over twenty-five, Charlotte reckoned - hardly two years senior to herself.• Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.• In brief Constable reckons it will have the first UK-published book on the Waco disaster.• We reckon she was brought in from somewhere nearby, and dumped on us.• Gurney reckons this design makes the bike more stable because the centre of gravity is lower.• Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more.• Twenty years, he reckoned, to an Assistant Director's desk in Headquarters.be reckoned to be something• An ounce of coral beads was reckoned to be worth ten large jars of oil.• In March 1403 his numerous benefices were reckoned to be worth over £800 a year.• Not so in the Soviet Union, where some 60,000 are reckoned to be installed.• Nymansay is reckoned to be the hardiest, and was first grown in the gardens of Nymans in West Sussex.• The Mercier portrait is reckoned to be the earliest, and in many respects the most interesting likeness of Handel in London.• The true pace of recovery in alcoholism is reckoned to be one month for every year of use.• This clump is reckoned to be 2,000 years old.From Longman Business Dictionaryreckonreck‧on /ˈrekən/ verb [transitive]1to guess a number or amount that you know something about but have not calculated exactlyreckon something to be somethingThe deal is reckoned to be worth over $1.3 billion.2formal to calculate an amountThe time in which the proceedings for the recovery of money may take place is reckoned from the date of the demand.→ See Verb tableOrigin reckon Old English gerecenian “to tell, explain”reck·on verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
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reckon
reck‧on S1 W3 /ˈrekən/
verb [transitive not in progressive]
reckon (that)
Do you reckon he’ll agree to see us?
The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day.
‘There’s nothing we can do about it.’ ‘You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement)?’
2. to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly
reckon (that)
We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output.
reckon something to be something
The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around £200,000.
3. [usually passive] to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing
be reckoned to be something
The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers.
Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce.
be reckoned as something
An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.
4. formal to calculate an amount:
The expression ‘full moon’ means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance.
reckon on something phrasal verb British English
to expect something to happen, when you are making plans:
We were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year.
reckon on doing something
I was reckoning on getting at least 60% of the votes.
reckon something ↔ up phrasal verb British English old-fashioned
to add up amounts, costs etc in order to get a total
SYN calculate:
Pat was reckoning up the cost of everything in her mind.
reckon with somebody/something phrasal verb
1. somebody/something to be reckoned with someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc:
Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season.
The principal was certainly a woman to be reckoned with.
2. not reckon with somebody/something to not consider a possible problem when you are making plans:
I had not reckoned with the excitement in the popular press.
3. have somebody/something to reckon with to have to deal with someone or something powerful:
Any invader would have the military might of NATO to reckon with.
reckon without somebody/something phrasal verb British English
if you are reckoning without something, you do not expect it and are not prepared for it:
They doubted that Fiona could finish the course, but they reckoned without her determination.
reck‧on S1 W3 /ˈrekən/
verb [transitive not in progressive] Language: Old English
Origin: gerecenian 'to tell, explain'
1. especially British English spoken to think or suppose somethingOrigin: gerecenian 'to tell, explain'
reckon (that)
2. to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly
reckon (that)
reckon something to be something
3. [usually passive] to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing
be reckoned to be something
be reckoned as something
4. formal to calculate an amount:
reckon on something phrasal verb British English
to expect something to happen, when you are making plans:
reckon on doing something
reckon something ↔ up phrasal verb British English old-fashioned
to add up amounts, costs etc in order to get a total
SYN calculate:
reckon with somebody/something phrasal verb
1. somebody/something to be reckoned with someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc:
2. not reckon with somebody/something to not consider a possible problem when you are making plans:
3. have somebody/something to reckon with to have to deal with someone or something powerful:
reckon without somebody/something phrasal verb British English
if you are reckoning without something, you do not expect it and are not prepared for it:
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think to have an idea that sth is true or possible, although you are not completely certain; to have a particular opinion about sb/sth 指认为、以为某人／某事…但不肯定 ：◆ Do you think (that) they'll come? 你认为他们会来吗？ ◆ Well, I like it. What do you think? 嗯，我喜欢这个。你认为怎么样？ believe to have an idea that sth is true or possible, although you are not completely certain; to have a particular opinion about sb/sth 指认为、以为 ：◆ Police believe (that) the man may be armed. 警方认为那个人可能携有武器。
think or believe? 用 think 还是 believe？
feel to have a particular opinion about sth that has happened or about what you/sb ought to do 指认为（已发生的事情…）、相信（应该…） ：◆ We all felt (that) we were unlucky to lose. 我们都认为我们输了是运气不好。 reckon ( to think that sth is true or possible指认为、以为 ：◆ I reckon (that) I'm going to get that job. 我认为我会得到那份工作。 be under the impression that… to have an idea that sth is true 指以为某事… ：◆ I was under the impression that the work had already been completed. 我还以为已经完工了呢。
Patterns
to think/believe/feel/reckon/be under the impression that… It is thought/believed/reckonedthat… to be thought/believed/felt/reckonedto be sthto think/believe/feel sth about sb/sthto sincerely/honestly/seriously/mistakenly think/believe/feel
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