Some-one's reckoning is a calculation they make about something, especially a calculation that is not very exact.
例句
By my reckoning we were seven or eight kilometres from Borj Mechaab.據(jù)我估計我們離梅卡巴堡有七八公里遠(yuǎn)。
N-COUNT
報應(yīng);清算
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.
例句
She knew their truce would not last. There would be a reckoning. There would be another fight.她早知道他們之間的休戰(zhàn)持續(xù)不了多長時間。他們之間的賬遲早要清算。還將會有一場爭斗。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
計算;估計
The shoplifter’s day of reckoning came when he was charged with 30 cases of theft.那個冒充顧客進(jìn)商店行竊的扒手被指控盜竊30次,他遭報應(yīng)的日子來臨了。
賬目，賬單
The waiter gave me the reckoning.侍者把帳單給了我。After dinner comes the reckoning.沒有免費的午餐。Tomorrow is the day of reckoning; the accountant will tell me what my profits were and how much tax I’ll have to pay.明天就是算總賬的日子,會計師會告訴我有多少盈利,該交多少稅。
(尤指體育運動)屬于可能勝出者行列之內(nèi)，有可能獲勝
Phelan is fit again and could come into the reckoning.菲蘭已經(jīng)恢復(fù)了體力，有可能獲勝。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities