compute

将“compute”与“com”和“pute”结合记忆。想象“com”作为“computer”的缩写，而“pute”是“put”的变形，代表计算时数据被放置或处理。这样可以将“compute”记忆为电脑进行数据处理的过程。

compute 计算

com-, 强调。-put, 计算，思考，词源同putative,dispute.

compute

compute: [17] Latin computāre meant ‘reckon together’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and putāre ‘reckon, think’ (source of English putative and various derived forms such as amputate, deputy, dispute, impute, and reputation). It was borrowed into Old French as compter, from which English got count, but English compute was a direct borrowing from Latin.

The derivative computer was coined in the mid-17th century, and originally meant simply ‘person who computes’; the modern meaning developed via ‘device for calculating’ at the end of the 19th century and ‘electronic brain’ in the 1940s.
=> amputate, count, deputy, dispute, impute, putative, reputation

compute (v.)

1630s, from French computer, from Latin computare "to count, sum up, reckon together," from com- "with" (see com-) + putare "to reckon," originally "to prune" (see pave). Related: Computed; computing.

1. I compute my losses at 500 dollars.

我估计我的损失有五百元.

2. I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes.

我试着算了算马驹和运马拖车的现金价值。

3. The measures we compute for a sample are called statistics.

根据样本计算的量叫做统计量.

4. The losses caused by the floods were beyond compute.

洪水造成的损失难以估量.

5. A more accurate method is to compute the average.

一个更精确的方法就是求平均数.

【reckon, count, calculate, compute】
这组词都有“计算”的意思，其区别是：
reckon: 通常指较简单的数学计算，也可指心算。
count: 指逐一计算而得出总数。
calculate: 通常指要求细致精确和复杂的计算，以解决疑难问题，多用于自然科学、生产部门或要求专门计算的场合。
compute: 一般指已有数据的，较简单但数字长的数学运算。

【calculate, compute, estimate】
calculate: 通常指用数学方法进行比较复杂，难度较大的精确计算。如：You can’t expect a schoolboy to calculate distances in astronomy.
compute: 常指比较简单的运算。如：It was computed that two thirds of the students in the class passed the examination.
estimate: 估计，常指对数量、成本等事先进行判断或估计。如：Some farmers asked the weatherman to estimate next year’s rainfall.