to use numbers to find out a total number, amount, distance, etc. 计算；核算◆Use the formula to calculate the interest on the loan. 用这公式计算贷款利息。◆The figure was calculated by dividing the costs by the number of products we expect to sell. 这数字是通过成本除以产品的预计销售量得出的。
to guess sth or form an opinion by using all the information available 估计；预测◆We calculated that the advantages would be greater than the disadvantages. 我们预计利大於弊。