在英汉翻译中,"deduct"和"subtract"虽然都表示"扣除",但存在以下关键区别:
1. 使用场景差异
-- deduct:多用于财务、税务、商业等抽象扣除场景(如扣除费用、税款等)
例:The tax will be deducted automatically from your salary.
(税款将自动从你的工资中扣除)
-- subtract:主要用于数学计算或具体数值的扣除
例:Subtract 15 from 100 ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
主题笔记
word-vs-word-cn
【Deduct】 , 【subtract】 mean to take away one quantity from another.
【Deduct】 usually is used in reference to amounts (as of costs, payments, or credits).
- The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages.
- Ten points will be deducted for a wrong answer.
- If you will just sign here, we will arrange for your bank to 【deduct】 your payments automatically.
【Subtract】 is used in reference to numbers or to figures obtained by a computation or calculation.
- 6 subtracted from 9 is 3.
- Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death.