To estimate or calculate in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data.

预测，预报提前预料或估计，尤其指通过对气象数据的分析来预测(天气状况)。

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When Ecuador's sucre was in circulation, high inflation and a plunging currency made salaries impossible to calculate in advance.

当时厄瓜多尔苏克雷尚在流通，高通货膨胀和货币暴跌使提前计算薪资成为不可能。

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It embodies the idea that can predict and plan in advance, control during the process, and calculate &analyze afterwards.

它能够使预见性的想法和提前的规划具体化，通过控制进程，计算和分析过往数据。

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If we want to know the total heat added to the system, we can measure it, which is the straightforward thing, but sometimes you want to calculate in advance, or sometimes you want to calculate it on an exam.

如果想知道给系统的总热量，我们可以测量，这是很直接的事情，但有时候我们想事先计算它，或者需要在考试中计算。

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The FAO's Abdolreza Abbassian argues that increasing links between farming and other parts of the economy are making it more difficult for farmers to calculate in advance the profitability of any one crop, so the area they plant is tending to fluctuate more sharply from year to year.

ECONOMIST: It crept back