subtract
subtract 英 [səbˈtrækt] 美 [səbˈtrækt]
vt. 减去；扣掉
进行时:subtracting 过去式:subtracted 过去分词:subtracted 第三人称单数:subtracts 名词复数:subtracts
- In math, when you subtract, you take one number away from another. If you subtract four from ten, you're left with six. You can also use subtract to mean "take away" in a more general sense, as in "If you subtract some of the salt from the recipe, the pasta will be healthier."
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- vt. 减去；扣掉
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1. 6 subtracted from 9 is 3.
*9 减 6 等于 3。
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2. They subtract this from the purchase price
他们从售房价格里减去这个
- subtract (v.) 1530s, "withdraw, withhold, take away, deduct," a back-formation from subtraction (q.v.), or else from Latin subtractus, past participle of subtrahere "take away, draw off." Related: Subtracted; subtracting. Mathematical calculation sense is from 1550s. Earlier verb form was subtraien (early 15c. in the mathematical sense), which is directly from the Latin verb.
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