calculated
[ADJ]
1. 故意作出的 , 有意安排的
If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
双语例句
例：Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
他们在整个地区的行动是精心策划的，意在恐吓地主们放弃其财产。
2. 很可能的
If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect.
近义词
双语例句
例：The liberal agenda is not calculated to help minority groups.
自由党的议题是不太可能帮助少数派的。
3. 精心安排的
You can describe a clever or dishonest action as calculated when it is very carefully planned or arranged.
双语例句
例：Irene's use of the mop had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime.
艾琳使用拖把是个精心安排的举动，意在掩盖她的罪行。
4. 全盘衡量过的（风险）
If you take a calculated risk, you do something which you think might be successful, although you have fully considered the possible bad consequences of your action.
双语例句
例：The president took a calculated political risk in throwing his full support behind the rebels.
总统是冒着全盘计算后的政治风险去全力支持反叛分子的。
ADJ. 形容词
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