compute
/kəmˈpjuːt/verb
with obj.(一般作be computed)
1- 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。
1.1
- 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.
一个女人独自待在酒吧里, 这个想法好像太荒谬了。
ORIGIN: from the phrase does not compute, once used as an error message in computing.
派生词
computability
nouncomputable
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- 'together'+putare 'to settle (an account)'.