compute
compute
verb
computability
noun
computable
adjective
语源
verb
- [with obj.](一般作 be computed)reckon or calculate (a figure or amount)
估计，估算；计算（数字，数量）
the hire charge is computed on a daily basis.
租金按日计算。
■[no obj., with negative](informal)seem reasonable; make sense
(非正式)看似合理；讲得通
the idea of a woman alone in a pub did not compute.
一个女人独自呆在酒馆里，这个想法好像太荒谬了。
computability
noun
computable
adjective
语源
- early 17th cent.: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- 'together' + putare 'to settle (an account')
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