calculate

Compared meaning: to work out a number by calculating (verb).

比较义项：计算（动词）。

• calculate 本词

  The neutral, most common verb for working out a numerical answer; used in everyday and technical contexts alike, with no special tone.

  最中性、最常用的“计算”一词，日常和专业场合都适用，没有特殊语气。

  Please calculate the total bill before we leave the restaurant tonight.

  请在我们今晚离开餐厅之前，计算出账单总额。

• figure

  More informal, especially in American English; suggests a quick, casual calculation, often done mentally rather than carefully or formally.

  语气更口语化，尤其在美式英语中常见；暗示一种迅速、随意的心算，而不是严谨、正式的计算。

  Can you figure the tip quickly without using your phone's calculator?

  你能不用手机计算器，很快算出小费吗？

• compute

  More formal and technical; implies a systematic or complex calculation, often carried out by a machine, computer, or precise method.

  更正式、技术性更强；暗示系统性或复杂的运算，常由机器、计算机或精确方法完成。

  The program will automatically compute your monthly interest rate for you.

  这个程序会自动为你计算出每月的利率。

• reckon

  In this sense, somewhat old-fashioned or formal/dialectal, as in reckoning up a sum by hand; its far more common modern use means to think or guess, not calculate.

  在“计算”这一意义上略显过时或带有方言或书面语色彩，如手工“合计”一笔账；它在现代更常见的用法是“认为、猜想”，而不是计算。

  The old navigator could reckon the ship's position using only the stars.

  这位老领航员只凭星星就能算出船的位置。

All four can mean to work out a number. Calculate is the neutral, most common word. Figure is informal, suggesting a quick, mental calculation. Compute is formal, often for machine calculations. Reckon here is old-fashioned; it often means to think or guess.

这四个词在“用数字或方法计算出结果”这一意义上相近，但语域和使用习惯不同：calculate是最常用、最中性的说法；figure更口语化，常见于非正式场合；compute偏正式，常用于数学、科学或计算机系统的运算；reckon在“计算”这一意义上略显过时或带有书面或方言语气，而且它更常见的用法是表示“认为、猜想”，这里不比较reckon表示“认为”的意思。