[mass noun]the action or process of producing something, especially a list, book, or report, by assembling information collected from other sources 汇编;编辑,编纂 great care has been taken in the compilation of this guidebook. 这本旅行指南编得十分用心。
a thing, especially a book, record, or broadcast programme, that is put together by assembling previously separate items 汇编物;编辑物,编纂物 there are thirty-three stories in this compilation. 这本故事集里有33个故事。 [as modifier]a compilation album. 集邮册。
语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compilatio(n-), from compilare 'to plunder' (see compile)