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.
双语例句
1. The allowable deduction is apportioned between the estate and the beneficiaries.
减免的税额在地产和受益人之间分摊。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It was a pretty astute deduction.
那是一个颇为敏锐的推论。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.
他通过一番简单的推理得出了解决问题的方法。
来自《权威词典》
4. No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.
