プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
もくさん【目算】
❶〔見積もり〕an [a rough] estimate
箱の容量を目算する
make a rough estimate of the capacity of a box
集まった人数を目算する
estimate [《米俗》 give a ballpark figure for] the size of the crowd
目算では200人ほどが集まっていた
I would estimate roughly that about two hundred people were present.
❷〔見込み〕 ⇒みこみ(見込み)
それは私の目算外れだった
It fell short of my expectations.
目算どおり事業に成功した
The undertaking went successfully, just as he had expected.