the action or process of calculating or estimating something 计算;测算;估计;推测 the sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Earl of Mar. 第六位,或者根据另一种推测,第十一位马尔伯爵。 the system of time reckoning in Babylon. 巴比伦的时间计算法。 ■a person's view, opinion, or judgement 看法,观点,判断 by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants. 在古代人看来,细菌是植物。 ■[count noun](archaic)a bill or account, or its settlement (古)〉账单,账目;结账 ■the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds 报复,算账,惩罚;报应 the fear of being brought to reckoning. 害怕受到惩罚。 [count noun]there will be a terrible reckoning. 将会出现可怕的报复行为。
(the reckoning)contention for a place in a team or among the winners of a contest 名次争夺 he has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning. 他已经被列入争夺名次的名单中。