屈指可数 can be counted on one's fingers; very few; can be counted on the fingers of a [one] hand -- not many; may be counted by bending the fingers; only a few to count 他的日子屈指可数了。his days are numbered
计算 1.(求得未知数) count; compute; calculate; reckon; enumerate 计算出席人数 count the number of people present; 计算生产成本 calculate the cost of prodution; 把某事物计算在内 reckon sth. in; 计算准确 calculate to a nicety; 数学计算 mathematicl calculation; 你把乘出租车的费用计算在内了吗? did you reckon in the cost of the taxi? 他的计算难得出错。 he is seldom out in his calculations.2.(考虑; 筹划) consideration; planning 做事不能没个计算。 we shouldn't do anything without a plan.; you mustn't do things without calculation.3.(暗中谋划损害别人) secretly scheme against others; 计算方法 computing method; method of calculation; reckoning; 计算方式 account form; compute mode; 计算技巧 art of computation; 计算能力 computing power; 计算速度 computation speed; counting rate; 计算误差 error of calculation; miscalculation; miscount
She counted the days that must intervene before their invitation could be sent ; hopeless of seeing him before 既然及早去拜望他的计划已告失望,她便屈指计算着日子,看看还得再隔多少天才能送请贴。