reck·on /ˈrɛkən/
(vt.)計算,總計,估計,認為,猜想(vi.)數,計算,估計,依賴,料想
Reck·on, v. i.
1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
=\“Parfay,” sayst thou, “sometime he reckon shall.”\=
To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. “If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.” --Bp. Sanderson.
To reckon on To reckon upon, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations.
To reckon with, (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job.
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv. 19.
-- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
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Reck·on v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.]
1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18.
I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison.
2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37.
For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton.
3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9.
Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne.
4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: -- To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.
reckon
v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a
bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the
kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her
up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, guess]
2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, count
on, figure, forecast]
3: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation
quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, view,
regard]
4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate,
cipher, cypher, compute, work out, figure]
5: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help
you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You
can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of
crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate]
6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
"Count on the monsoon" [syn: count]