early 15c., "action of deducting," from Middle French déduction or directly from Latin deductionem (nominative deductio), noun of action from past participle stem of deducere (see deduce). Meaning "that which is deducted" is from 1540s. As a term in logic, from Late Latin use of deductio as a loan-translation of Greek apagoge.
雙語例句
1. The allowable deduction is apportioned between the estate and the beneficiaries.
減免的稅額在地產和受益人之間分攤。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It was a pretty astute deduction.
那是一個頗為敏銳的推論。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.
他通過一番簡單的推理得出了解決問題的方法。
來自《權威詞典》
4. No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.