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
likely
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.