subtraction

英 [səb'trækʃ(ə)n]

美 [səb'trækʃən]

n.  扣除; 减法

复数：subtractions　

高考TOEFLTEM8计算机

BNC.21520 / COCA.21980

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

noun

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
  1. he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
  Synonym:deduction
• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
  1. the subtraction of three from four leaves one
  2. four minus three equals one
  Synonym:minus

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