compile

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com·pile /kəmˈpaɪl/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 MAKEto make a book, list, record etc, using different pieces of information, music etc 编写，编纂；编制；汇编 → compilation

The document was compiled by the Department of Health

这份文件是由卫生部汇编的。

compile something from/for something

The report was compiled from a survey of 5,000 households.

这份报告是根据对5,000个家庭所作的调查编写而成的。

2. TD technical to put a set of instructions into a computer in a form that it can understand and use 编译〔计算机用语〕

Examples from the Corpus

compile• They are compiling a dictionary of new words.• Michael Atherton compiled a watchful 60 in the first innings.• Together we compiled an article for publication.• Government officials now compile and release statistics quarterly, not monthly.• The book was compiled by a panel of experts, working in conjunction with the publisher.• Most insurers and health-maintenance organizations compile formularies with committees of doctors and druggists.• Having created a new routine it should be compiled in the normal way and then linked as described on in section 23.1.• Their aim is to compile information which will send a frosty message to government environmental ministers.• A.C. Nielsen Co. compiles the television ratings.• If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it.

From Longman Business Dictionary

compilecom·pile /kəmˈpaɪl/ verb [transitiveT]

1to collect information together and write it into a list, report, book etc

Our staff are compiling the material for an on-line database.

2COMPUTING to put instructions into a computer in a form that the computer can understand and use

You do not have to exit the editor, compile the program, run the program, then reload the editor to fix any bugs.

Origin compile

(1300-1400) Old French compiler, from Latin compilare “to seize together, steal”

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