单词 | calculated |
释义 | calculatedadj. 1. Reckoned, estimated, devised with forethought. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > characterized by or given to premeditation > premeditated forethoughtc1425 precogitatec1475 prepensed1528 foreset?1545 perpensed?c1550 premeditatea1555 premeditated1583 foreplotted1641 precogitateda1652 predeliberated1671 prepense1688 calculated1863 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xii. 127 When he did speak it was with a calculated caution. 1930 Economist 12 July 59/1 This important statement had been communicated to the Press as a result either of a misunderstanding or of a ‘calculated indiscretion’. 1956 R. A. Heinlein Double Star (1958) i. 18 ‘You haven't any right to jeopardise everybody else by telling him. You don't know a thing about him.’ ‘It's a calculated risk.’ 1959 Listener 22 Oct. 672/2 Obviously, the Soviet Union is taking a calculated risk. 2. Chiefly as past participle. Fitted, suited, fit, apt; of a nature or character proper or likely to. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned compassedc1430 contrivedc1450 imagined1509 castc1540 devised1552 plotted1592 projected1630 brewed1637 forelaid1640 laid1697 calculated1723 planned1728 unspontaneous1791 programmed1845 tactical1876 drafted1877 programmatical1890 programmatic1899 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined set13.. tendenta1340 disposedc1380 enclinant1400 inclining?c1400 inclinedc1405 prone1408 hieldingc1480 talenteda1500 inclinablea1513 prone1528 propense1528 minded1529 propensed1530 ready1533 proclivec1540 fit1574 tending to1578 forward1581 minded1588 propensive1599 intense1620 propendenta1646 propended1693 calculated1723 oriented1925 prone1926 turned1931 orientated1964 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 338 The State of Life that I was now in, was..perfectly calculated to make a Man compleatly happy. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 50. 394 These interlopers..acted in a manner that was calculated to bring scandal upon the profession. 1795 R. Southey Life (1849) I. 256 Never had man so many relations so little calculated to inspire confidence. 1864 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 298 These transparent disguises were not calculated, and, probably, were not intended, to deceive. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) i. 3 A circumstance calculated to excite strong suspicion. 1879 in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 76/2 Ireland is..well calculated for the successful prosecution of ostreoculture. Derivatives ˈcalculatedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adverb] lineamentally?a1475 prefixedly1608 calculatedly1899 1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 5/1 The Freeman's Journal says... ‘The gentle wooing of the new unionism was so calculatedly seductive that a temporary aberration of the people would not have been unnatural.’ 1931 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. IV. 333 Cecil's danger was great. The power of Philip which had hitherto..supported him he had calculatedly flouted. 1966 P. Green tr. R. Escarpit Novel Computer vii. 97 My calculatedly excessive demand left these petty chisellers absolutely dumbfounded. 1984 Observer 26 Feb. 33/2 She has calculatedly reflected changing US tastes in looks and clothes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1723 |
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