estimate

推定、見積もり

すべての情報がない状態で、規模や費用、数量をおおよそ判断したもの。

やさしい英語で： A number or opinion about size, cost, or amount, worked out without all the information.

• Can you give me an estimate?
• Our first estimate of the cost was too low.
• The plumber sent two estimates for different types of repair.

使い方： an estimate of something (We need an estimate of the total cost.); an estimate for something (The builder gave us an estimate for the repairs.)

類義語： approximation, rough calculation

よく使う表現： rough estimate, cost estimate, estimate of something

推定する、見積もる

手元の情報から、量や大きさ、数、費用をおおよそ求める。

やさしい英語で： Work out roughly how much, how big, or how many something is, using the information you have.

• Can you estimate the cost?
• We estimated that the work would take a week.
• Experts estimate the population at two million.

使い方： estimate something at something (They estimated the damage at five thousand pounds.); estimate that… (We estimate that fifty people will attend.); estimate how much/long… (Can you estimate how long the journey will take?)

類義語： approximate, calculate roughly

よく使う表現： estimate the cost, estimate how long, estimate something at