He knew what was what. He didn't put down the answers. He knew that if he did, weak, erring human nature, tortured by suspense, determined to have the agony over, would multiply by four and divide by thirteen, and subtract 127 - didn't, either. I didn't say "substract." I guess I know they'd get the answer somehow, it didn't matter much how.英文原著 · 《Back Home》
Still, however, he gained something, and it was the glory of his heart to carry it to Mr. Mac-Morlan weekly, a slight peculium only subtracted, to supply his snuff-box and tobacco-pouch. And here we must leave Kippletringan to look after our hero, lest our readers should fear they are to lose sight of him for another quarter of a century.英文原著 · 《Guy Mannering》
Wolf to do? Could he sub-embezzle a Highlander's breeks? Could he subtract more than her skin from off the singed cat? Could he peel the core of a rotten apple? Could he pare a grated cheese rind? Could he flay a skinned flint? Could he fleece a hog after Satan had shaved it as clean as a bantam's egg? Let no man dare to limit genius; least of all the genius of extortion.英文原著 · 《Hard Cash》
In Arithmetic, the various operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, reduction, simple and compound proportion, and vulgar and decimal fractions, must be thoroughly understood and readily performed.英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
In ARITHMETIC they must be able to perform with facility examples under the four ground rules, and hence must be familiar with the tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and be able to perform examples in reduction and in vulgar and decimal fractions, such as--英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
Subtract federal withholding, medicare, social security, state disability, state withholding and insurance, voila, net total.美剧 · 《Shameless》
Yeah, I'll tell you what-- you take everything that I owe you from the last three months and subtract it from everything that you owe me for the last 18 years.美剧 · 《Shameless》
Obviously, I had to subtract the cost of the AD agency that nailed that slogan.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》