If a thing is calculable, you can measure it with numbers, or you can work it out by studying the facts you have.

If a thing如果一樣東西 is calculable是可以算出來的， you can measure it with numbers你可以用數字量出它， or you can work it out或者把它算出來， by studying the facts you have靠研究你手上已知的事實。

A price can be calculable: add the parts, and you get a number. A risk can be calculable too — you may not be exact, but you can look at what you know and make a fair guess.

A price價格 can be calculable可以算得出來： add the parts把各部分加起來， and you get a number就得到一個數字。 A risk風險 can be calculable too也可以算得出來—— you may not be exact你不一定準確， but you can look at what you know但可以根據你所知道的， and make a fair guess做出合理的猜測。

It is a slightly formal word, more at home in school, business, and news than in a chat with friends.

It這 is是 a slightly formal word一個稍微正式的詞， more at home in school, business, and news用在學校、商業和新聞裡更自然， than in a chat with friends比起在朋友聊天的時候。

Though actually, people often reach for the opposite, incalculable, when they mean “so big you cannot count it,” especially for pain or loss. Calculable does not mean “likely” or “easy”; it means you can put a number, or a reasoned size, on it.

Though actually不過實際上， when they mean “so big you cannot count it,”當人們想講「大到數不清」的時候， people often reach for the opposite, incalculable常常會用它的反義詞incalculable， especially for pain or loss尤其是講痛苦或損失的時候。 Calculable does not mean “likely” or “easy”Calculable不是「大概」或「容易」的意思； it means you can put a number, or a reasoned size, on it它的意思是你可以給它一個數字，或一個有根據的量。