compute
verb- compute something (formal)
to calculate something 计算;估算 The losses were computed at £5 million. 损失估算为 500 万英镑。 These measurements can be used to compute the average size. 这些测量可以用来计算平均尺寸。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCompute is used with these nouns as the object:- average
- index
- ratio
- …
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(in negative sentences ) (informal)用于否定句 to make sense 计算;估算 That just doesn't compute. 那不算。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.