calculate

計算する

数学の計算によって数や量を求めること。

やさしい英語で： To find a number or amount by using mathematics.

• Can you calculate the total?
• She calculated the cost of the trip.
• The program calculates how much tax you owe.

使い方： calculate how much… (We calculated how much paint we needed.)

類義語： work out, compute

よく使う表現： calculate the cost, calculate the total, calculate a percentage

見積もる、判断する

事実をよく考え、何が起こるか、どうすべきかを判断すること。

やさしい英語で： To judge what will happen or what to do by carefully thinking about the facts.

• We must calculate the risks carefully.
• She calculated that nobody would notice her absence.
• They had calculated how the public would react.

使い方： calculate that… (He calculated that leaving early would avoid trouble.)

類義語： judge, reckon, estimate

よく使う表現： calculate the risks, calculate that something, calculate your chances

意図する、計画する

ある結果を生むように意図したり、その効果を期待したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To intend or expect something to produce a particular result.

• The joke was calculated to offend.
• Her speech was calculated to win public support.
• Every detail had been calculated to impress the guests.

使い方： be calculated to do something (His remarks were calculated to upset her.)

類義語： intend, design

よく使う表現： calculate to impress, calculate to offend

計算する

数や星の位置を使って、いつ、どのように物事が起こるかを求めること。

やさしい英語で： To work out when or how something will happen using numbers or the positions of stars.

• Astronomers calculate the next eclipse.
• The astrologer calculated a horoscope for the child.
• They calculated when the planet would appear again.

類義語： compute, predict

よく使う表現： calculate an eclipse, calculate a horoscope

当てにする、期待する

あることが起こると期待し、それを前提に計画を立てること。

やさしい英語で： To expect something to happen and make plans based on that expectation.

• We calculate on your help.
• She had calculated on finding the door open.
• They had not calculated on such heavy rain.

使い方： calculate on someone/something (We calculated on his support.); calculate on doing something (They calculated on arriving before dark.)

類義語： count on, expect, reckon on

よく使う表現： calculate on something, calculate on help

調整する、設計する

特定の目的に役立つよう、注意深く設計したり準備したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To carefully design or prepare something so that it serves a particular purpose.

• They calculated the system for public safety.
• The laws were carefully calculated for a growing nation.
• He calculated every part of the scheme for that purpose.

使い方： calculate something for something (They calculated the rules for the needs of a small community.)

類義語： adapt, design, tailor

よく使う表現： calculate for something, calculate a system