| 词组 | reckon |
| 释义 | reckon [reckoned, reckoned, reckoning] reckon on reckon on sth not passive to expect something to happen and include it in your plans: ▪ We hadn't reckoned on this sudden rise in house prices. reckon on doing sth ▪ You can reckon on paying several thousand pounds for a good photocopier. reckon on sb doing sth ▪ They didn't reckon on anyone objecting to their scheme. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑expect, ↑figure on AmE reckon up reckon up sth • reckon sth up BrE old-fashioned to add up several amounts in order to get a total: ▪ $17.60 plus tax is $20.68, if I've reckoned it up correctly. ▪ Pat nodded her head, reckoning up the cost of everything in her mind. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑add up reckon with 1. reckon with sth usually negative to realize that you must be prepared to deal with a particular problem or danger: ▪ In September 1812 the victorious army entered Moscow, but the Russian winter was something that Napoleon had not reckoned with. ▪ Clinton had to reckon with the fact that Congress was likely to oppose him. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bargain for 2. sb/sth to be reckoned with someone or something that is very powerful, successful etc and must be respected or seriously considered as a possible competitor, opponent, or danger: ▪ I think we showed the country that the Dallas Cowboys are a football team to be reckoned with. ▪ The new principal was certainly a woman to be reckoned with. a force to be reckoned with ▪ In Asia, China has established itself as a force to be reckoned with alongside America. reckon without reckon without sth/sb BrE to make plans without realizing that a particular thing or person may cause you problems, so that you are not prepared for them when you have to deal with them sb had reckoned without sth/sb ▪ Watson had decided to swim to the island, but had reckoned without the strong currents, and narrowly escaped drowning. ▪ Several of the soldiers thought they would find comfort in the arms of the nurses. But they had reckoned without Sister Murphy. |
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