1 [C] a collection of pieces of music, writing, film, etc that are taken from different places and put together 编缀而成的东西（如音乐、文章、电影等）；汇编: a compilation CD of the band's greatest hits 汇集了乐队最热门歌曲的激光唱片

2 [U] the act of compiling sth 搜集并编排；编制；编纂