estimation
nounOPAL W
/ˌestɪˈmeɪʃn/
/ˌestɪˈmeɪʃn/
(formal)- [singular] a judgement or opinion about the value or quality of somebody/something
判断；评价；看法 - Who is the best candidate in your estimation?
你认为谁是最佳人选？ - Since he left his wife he's certainly gone down in my estimation (= I have less respect for him).
他离弃妻子后我对他的看法便不如以前了。 - She went up in my estimation (= I have more respect for her) when I discovered how much charity work she does.
我发现她做了这么多慈善工作，我就比以前更尊敬她了。 - In my estimation, you've done a good job.
在我看来，你做得很出色。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + estimation- go up in
- rise in
- go down in
- …
- in somebody’s estimation
- Who is the best candidate in your estimation?
- [countable] a judgement about the levels or quantity of something
（对水平、数量的）估计 - Estimations of our total world sales are around 50 million.
我们在全世界的总销售量估计在 5 000 万左右。
- Estimations of our total world sales are around 50 million.
词源late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘comprehension, intuition’, also ‘valuing, a valuation’): from Latin aestimatio(n-), from aestimare ‘determine, appraise’ (see estimate).