configure

verb
🔊/kənˈfɪɡə(r)/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjər/
[usually passive] (specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they configure
🔊/kənˈfɪɡə(r)/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjər/
he / she / it configures
🔊/kənˈfɪɡəz/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjərz/
past simple configured
🔊/kənˈfɪɡəd/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjərd/
past participle configured
🔊/kənˈfɪɡəd/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjərd/
-ing form configuring
🔊/kənˈfɪɡərɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/
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  1. configure something to arrange something in a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software work in the way that the user prefers(按特定方式)安置;(尤指对计算机设备进行)配置;对(设备或软件进行)设定
    • We need to configure the new system and reassign users and data.我们需要配置新系统并重新分配用户和数据。
    Topics Computersc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConfigure is used with these nouns as the object:
    • modem
    • module
    • printer
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’, from con- ‘together’ + figurare ‘to shape’ (from figura ‘shape or figure’).