| 单词 | reckoning |
| 释义 | reckoning (rekənɪŋ ) Word forms: reckonings 1. variable noun [usually poss NOUN] Someone's reckoning is a calculation they make about something, especially a calculation that is not very exact. By my reckoning we were seven or eight kilometres from Borj Mechaab. Synonyms: count, working, estimate, calculation 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that you will have a reckoning with someone, you mean that you will face them at some time in the future and punish them for something they have done. She knew their truce would not last. There would be a reckoning. There would be another fight. Synonyms: retribution, punishment, revenge, repayment 3. See also day of reckoning Idioms: the day of reckoning the time when people are forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now The president has broken many laws, and his day of reckoning is approaching. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: final reckoning It could prove decisive in the final reckoning. The Sun (2008) It was inevitable that the final reckoning would be personal. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Will this defeat count against him in the final reckoning? The Sun (2008) We stressed before the game how important it could be for us in the final reckoning. The Sun (2009) Passions ran high because a moment of reckoning had arrived. Times, Sunday Times The moment of reckoning had been delayed — but only by two weeks. Times, Sunday Times They are noisy, exhausting and emotional, a moment of reckoning. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, the clock ticks ever closer to the moment of reckoning. Times, Sunday Times He made it plain, however, that he did not expect this moment of reckoning would happen any time soon. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 估算 Japanese: 推測 |
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