【estimate音标】 英[ˈestɪmət] 美[ˈestɪmət]
【单词释义】 estimate是什么意思：
n.估计，预测；估价，预算书；看法，评价，判断
v.估计，估算；评价，评论；估量，估价
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] estimates [第三人称单数] estimates
[单词现在分词] estimating
[单词过去式] estimated
[单词过去分词] estimated
【关联词/派生词】
estimation n. 评价；判断；估算；尊重，尊敬
estimable adj.可估计的；值得尊敬的
【estimate形近词/近似词】
overestimate v. 过高估计；过高评价 n.过高的估计；过高的评价
penultimate adj.倒数第二的；倒数第二音节的 n.倒数第二；倒数第二音节
intimate adj.亲密的；个人的，隐私的 n.至交；密友 v.透露，暗示，提示
ultimate adj.最后的；最终的；终极的 n.最好的事物，最终的事物
underestimate n.低估；轻视 vt.低估；对…估计不足；看轻；估计过低
legitimate adj.合法的，合理的；正当的 vt.使合法；给予合法的地位；正式批准
【单词例句】
◇ The exoplanet is 22% larger and 80% more massive than Earth, making it a super-Earth. The researchers estimate that it has an average temperature of 490 degrees Fahrenheit. It completes one orbit around the star every 3.9 days.
这颗系外行星体积比地球大22%，质量比地球高80%，使之成为“超级地球”。研究人员估计它的平均温度为490华氏度（约合254摄氏度）。这颗行星的公转周期为3.9天。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ NASA estimated the cost of a flight would be around $50 million per seat. In addition, NASA will charge visitors for food, storage and communication once at the station.
据美国国家航空航天局估计，每位乘客的飞行花费约为5000万美元（约合3.47亿元人民币）。此外，抵达国际空间站之后，美国国家航空航天局还会向游客收取食物、保管和通讯费用。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ The new report predicts slower population growth than the UN's last assessment, released in 2017. That estimate projected that the world population would reach a staggering 11.2 billion by the end of the century.
这份新报告预测的全球人口增长速度低于联合国2017年发布的上一次评估。此前的评估预计，到本世纪末世界人口将达到惊人的112亿。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ They estimate that by 2050, the amount of plastics produced globally will increase three times to 1,124 million tons. By then, the "plastic economy" will take up 15% of the world's global carbon budget, compared to just 1% today.
据预计，2050年全球塑料产量将增加三倍，高达11.24亿吨。届时，“塑料经济”将占有全球碳预算15%的份额，而目前其份额仅为1%。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Astronomers have witnessed the biggest bang since the Big Bang — the moment about 15 billion years ago when the universe was created in a massive explosion.The huge burst of energy from the edge of the universe is estimated to be second only to the moment of creation in its explosive force,releasing more energy in two seconds than the sun will give out in its lifetime.
天文学家目击了最大的宇宙大爆炸——这次大爆炸是发生在150亿年前宇宙在一次大爆炸形成的时候。从宇宙边缘所爆发的能量在爆炸力方面估计仅次于宇宙创世大爆炸，两秒钟爆炸所释放的能量比太阳一生释放的能量还要多。
---- The Big Bang