词组 | estimate |
释义 | estimate AC /ˈestəmət, ˈestɪmət/ noun a calculation of the probable cost, size, or amount of somethingadjectivesa rough/approximate estimate (=not exact) Can you give me a rough estimate of how long this is going to take?an accurate/reliable estimate (=fairly exact) It’s hard to put an accurate estimate on the number of people who have been affected by the disaster.a conservative estimate (=deliberately low) By conservative estimates, 2.5 million people die each year from smoking cigarettes.an official estimate (=accepted by people in authority) According to official army estimates, more than 500 rebels had been killed.current/recent estimates (=ones that are accepted now) According to current estimates, the country can expect 200,000 visitors in the next three years.the latest estimates (=most recent) The latest estimates are that sea levels could rise by about 20 cm by 2050.earlier/previous estimates These amounts are much higher than those given in previous estimates.the original estimate (=the one given at the beginning of a process) The final cost of the project was nearly three times the original estimate.a revised estimate (=changed from the previous one) If the time starts to exceed this estimate, we will let you know and give you a revised estimate.verbsmake an estimate If you don’t know the exact figure, make a rough estimate.give (sb) an estimate also provide (sb with) an estimate formal (=tell them approximately how much something will cost) The builder’s going to give us an estimate for the work.put an estimate on sth (=say the amount that you think something is) It is impossible to put an estimate on the value of the jewellery.exceed an estimate (=be more than it) The final price cannot exceed the estimate.base an estimate on sth (=use something as information to give an estimate) The government based its estimate on data from the 2008 census.an estimate puts sth at sth Independent estimates put the number of refugees at 50,000.estimates range/vary from sth to sth Estimates of the number of homeless people in the city range from 6,000 to 10,000.prepositionsan estimate of sth We need an estimate of the number of people who will come.an estimate for sth How much was their estimate for the work?according to an estimate According to some estimates, an acre of rainforest is cleared every minute. |
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