evaluate和estimate都有估计的意思,有什么区别呢?

Question

evaluate 和estimate都有估计的意思,有什么区别呢?

Answer 1

evaluate 表示准确地估计,estimate 表示推测地估计.具体分析如下：
1. evaluate：
意思是：确定…的数值或价值或者对数值或价值仔细地考察和判断、评价.
evaluate 很少用来表示用猜测的方法“估价”或“估计”某物的市场价值,而是用来表示比较准确的“评价”.如：
By marks in numbers or letters, the teacher evaluates a student's work. 老师用数字或字母的符号来评价学生的作业.
The scientists were still evaluating their data. 那些科学家还在评价他们的资料.
2. estimate：
意思是：恰当地推测物品的数量、程度、规模,状况或价值
对…形成判断所表示的“估价”或“估价”只是猜测,甚至只是一种想法.如：
Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.
虽然用金钱来衡量物质产品的价值是可能的；但要估计人们为我们提供的服务的真正价值却极为困难.
One authority made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre.
一位权威对英国南方一块草坪上的蜘蛛作过统计,他估计每英亩有2,250,000多只蜘蛛.