subtract

英 [səbˈtrækt]

美 [səbˈtrækt]

v.  减; 减去

现在分词：subtracting　过去分词：subtracted　过去式：subtracted　第三人称单数：subtracts　

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牛津词典

verb

• 减；减去
  to take a number or an amount away from another number or amount
  1. 6 subtracted from 9 is 3.
     9减6等于3。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减;减去
  If yousubtractone numberfromanother, you do a calculation in which you take it away from the other number. For example, if you subtract 3 from 5, you get 2.
  1. Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death...
     曼迪用去世的日期减去出生的日期。
  2. We have subtracted $25 per adult to arrive at a basic room rate.
     我们已给每位成人房客减去了 25 美元，这就是基本的房费价格了。

英英释义

verb

• take off or away
  1. this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French
• make a subtraction
  1. subtract this amount from my paycheck
  Synonym:deducttake off

双语例句

• Now that we introduced vectors, you can add and subtract you might as well learn about multiplication.
  既然介绍了矢量，你们也学会了加减，不学乘法总觉得怪怪的。
• To determine a company's net worth, you subtract its liabilities from its assets.
  一个公司的净值等于从资产中减去负债。
• Understand and grasp the simple ways to add or subtract a number which is close to a round number.
  理解并掌握一个数加上或减去接近整十、整百的数的简便算法。
• He did not hesitate to subtract terms with literal coefficients.
  他毫不迟疑地进行了文字系数项的相减。
• The little girl has begun to learn to add and subtract.
  这小女孩已在学做加减法了。
• And so for the mixture, now all I'm going to do is just add and subtract terms.
  那么对混合物，现在我所要做的，就是加减项。
• Nine minus four is five.; Four from nine is five.; Subtract four from nine and you have five.
  九减四得五。
• A week later, read the water meter again and subtract the first reading from the second.
  一星期后，再看一下水表，然后从第二次读数中减去第一次读数。
• You must learn to add and subtract in arithmetic.
  学算术要学会加法和减法。
• Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death
  曼迪用去世的日期减去出生的日期。