Compute

(v. t.) To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

(n.) Computation.

校对:路易丝

• Napoleon has augmented the commercial prosperity of France in ten years to such a degree that figures can hardly compute it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• In the time of Julius C?sar the larger of the famous libraries of Alexandria, containing, i t is computed, some 490,000 rolls, caught fire from ships burning in the harbor, and perished. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The following figures are based upon the Special Reports of the Census Bureau, 1902 and 1907, with additions computed upon the increase that has subsequently taken place. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one hundred and fifty miles. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The wages of labour are commonly computed by the quantity of silver which is paid to the labourer. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If the computed exchange with France, therefore, was not more than two or three per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If less than this was paid, the real exchange might be in favour of England, while the computed was in favour of France. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A number of observations were made, and Watson, of Michigan University, with two others, worked all night computing, until they agreed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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