Calculated

(p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

(p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

(p. p. & a.) Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

校對:朱莉婭

• Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results, the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affections and demolished hopes? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• I thought your good nature might--' 'I thought you knew,' she interrupted, with a smile, 'that my good nature is not to be calculated upon? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• Is it because we are calculated to walk? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• I have not seen a man who, if he turns his talents that way, was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrious Moriarty. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• A calculated, cast up, balanced, and proved house. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
• Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• His countenance was therefore fully displayed, and its expression was calculated to impress a degree of awe, if not of fear, upon strangers. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• When I calculated that this impetuous young woman would overdo it in new directions, was I wrong or right? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• A robbery of a daring and aggravated nature occasioned a vigilance of pursuit, and a strictness of search, they had not calculated on. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• In this country, it is calculated that eight tons of phosphorus are yearly used in making matches, the number of which is stated to be 40,000,000 a day. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
• I calculated that the boy might be back in twenty minutes, and that I might drive to St. John's Wood, on his return, in twenty minutes more. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I measured her stature and calculated her strength. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• The laws relating to land, therefore, were all calculated for what they supposed the interest of the proprietor. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
• I've calculated the cost, and I'll pay for it myself. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• This kind of boating is calculated to drive an impatient man mad in a week. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• It was really calculated to break his spirit, he said afterwards. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 大衛(wèi)·科波菲爾.
• I was quite ready to give that man, if he had entered, such a greeting as he little calculated on; but behind him followed three hundred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They calculated that their gliding-machine, with 165 square feet of surface, should be held up by a wind blowing twenty-one miles an hour. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發(fā)明.
• What had occurred since, calculated to change his and my relative positions? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• We called to mind the plague of 1348, when it was calculated that a third of mankind had been destroyed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• The viaduct is constructed of limestone and iron lattice-work, and is calculated to bear 7,200 tons. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
• I know it to be unnecessary and calculated to awaken speculation, doubt, rumour, I don't know what, in the house. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• You, Tony, possess in yourself all that is calculated to charm the eye and allure the taste. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• Nor was Mr. Bumble's gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
• If you can promote views calculated to make two young people happy, let me, for Our John's sake, and for both their sakes, implore you so to do! 查爾斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• The journey back to town had not been calculated to soothe her nerves. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• My reply was ready; a reproach I deemed calculated to sting his very heart. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• Knowing the time during which the current has run, and the amount of deposit, the strength of the current in amperes can be calculated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• He merely calculated on meeting her and her husband in an ordinary manner, chatting a little while, and leaving again. 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉(xiāng).
• It was low in the heavens, and I calculated that in less than an hour it would lie just above the topmost branches of the old oak. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.

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