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单词 arithmetic
释义
arithmetic
pronunciation note:   The noun is pronounced (ərɪθmɪtɪk ). The adjective is pronounced (ærɪθmetɪk ).
1. uncountable noun
Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
...teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.
...an arithmetic test.
2. uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN]
You can use arithmetic to refer to the process of doing a particular sum or calculation.
4,000 women put in ten rupees each, which if my arithmetic is right adds up to 40,000 rupees.
3. uncountable noun
If you refer to the arithmetic of a situation, you are concerned with those aspects of it that can be expressed in numbers, and how they affect the situation.
The budgetary arithmetic suggests that government borrowing is set to surge.
The arithmetic is finely balanced: the socialists and their allies do not have a majority.
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Arithmetic means relating to or consisting of calculations involving numbers.
...simple arithmetic operations such as adding or multiplying numbers.
Collocations:
basic arithmetic
Research suggests that bees can recognise numbers and perform basic arithmetic.
Times, Sunday Times
The discovery follows on from other research that implied they can perform basic arithmetic and understand the concept of zero.
Times, Sunday Times
They may be able to learn basic arithmetic but cannot cope with anything more challenging.
Times, Sunday Times
Again, there's nothing to fear beyond basic arithmetic, though you do have to pay attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Even so, studies have suggested that they can perform basic arithmetic and understand the concept of zero, which some experts say eluded humans until the 7th century.
Times,Sunday Times
simple arithmetic
There is also the extent to which the rates of intergenerational mobility are dictated by simple arithmetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He claims this is a matter of simple arithmetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This can be explained by simple arithmetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It included not only reading and writing and simple arithmetic, but hieroglyphic Egyptian and archaeology.
Elizabeth Peters LORD OF THE SILENT (2003)
The cyclic error in the homodyne laser interferometer was then corrected through simple arithmetic calculations of the quadrature signals.
Pengcheng Hu, Jinghao Zhu, Xuanbiao Guo, Jiubin Tan 2015, 'Compensation for the Variable Cyclic Error in Homodyne Laser Interferometers', Sensors
Translations:
Chinese: 算术
Japanese: 算数
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