collect and combine (texts, information, or sets of figures) 收集并组合(文本,信息,数字) ■compare and analyse (two or more sources of information) 比较分析(不同来源的信息);校勘;核对;对照;对比 these accounts he collated with his own experience. 他把这些报告和自己的经验作了对比。 ■(Printing)verify the order of (sheets of a book) by their signatures (印刷)(根据折标)检验(印张顺序)
appoint (a clergyman) to a benefice 授予(牧师)有俸圣职
派生 collator noun 语源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'confer (a benefice) upon'): from Latin collat- 'brought together', from the verb conferre (see confer)