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ADJ
有意的;精心计划的;蓄谋的
If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
例句
Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings...
他们在该地区的行动是精心谋划的，意在恐吓土地所有者放弃手中的地产。
These tracks were calculated to be controversial and attract attention to the album.
这些曲子意在引起争议,吸引人们关注这张专辑。
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ADJ-GRADED
很可能的;可能性大的
If you say that something is not calculated to have a particular effect, you mean that it is unlikely to have that effect.
例句
Such a statement was hardly calculated to deter future immigrants.
这样的声明不太可能吓住将来的移民。
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ADJ-GRADED
精心策划的;蓄谋的
You can describe a clever or dishonest action as calculated when it is very carefully planned or arranged.
例句
Irene's cleaning the floor had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime.
艾琳擦洗地板就是为了蓄意掩盖她的罪行。
...a calculated and coherent strategy for winning power.
蓄谋已久、环环相扣的夺权策略
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ADJ
(风险)认为值得一试的，权衡考虑过的
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.
例句
The President took a calculated political risk in throwing his full support behind the rebels.
总统全力支持反叛分子,对所冒的政治风险心中有数。