'Tabulation' is the noun made from 'tabulate'. It carries two meanings, and which one you mean usually shows from the words around it.

'Tabulation' is「Tabulation」是 the noun made from 'tabulate'從「tabulate」這個動詞變來的名詞。It carries two meanings它帶有兩個意思 and 你要用哪一個意思 which one you mean usually shows from the words around it通常從它前後的字就看得出來。

First, the act: the work of arranging figures or facts into a table, or of counting and organising them. 'The tabulation of the votes took all night.' Here it means the process, and it is uncountable — no 'a', no plural.

First第一 the act指動作 the work of arranging figures or facts into a table把數字或事實整理成一張表的這個工作 or of counting and organising them或是把它們清點、整理的過程。'The tabulation of the votes took all night.'"The tabulation of the votes took all night."（整理選票花了一整晚。） Here it means the process這裡指的是過程 and 而且 it is uncountable是不可數的 no 'a', no plural不加"a"，也沒有複數。

Second, the thing produced: the finished table itself. 'She showed me a tabulation of last year's sales.' Here you can say 'a tabulation' and 'two tabulations'.

Second第二 the thing produced指做出來的東西 the finished table itself完成的那張表本身。'She showed me a tabulation of last year's sales.'"She showed me a tabulation of last year's sales."（她給我看去年銷售的一張整理表。） Here you can say這裡你可以說 'a tabulation' and 'two tabulations'"a tabulation"，也可以說"two tabulations"。

It is a formal, written word — reports, research papers, election coverage, statistics. In talk, people say 'counting', 'sorting out the numbers', or just 'the table'.

It is這是 a formal, written word個正式的書面用字 reports, research papers, election coverage, statistics報告、研究論文、選舉報導、統計資料裡會用到。In talk在口語裡 people say人們會說 'counting', 'sorting out the numbers'"counting"、"sorting out the numbers" or 或 just 'the table'直接說"the table"。

In statistics you may meet the fixed phrase 'cross-tabulation' (often shortened to 'crosstab'), which means a table that sets two things against each other at once — for example, age down the side and answer across the top — so you can see how the two connect.

In statistics在統計學裡 you may meet the fixed phrase你可能會遇到固定用法 'cross-tabulation' (often shortened to 'crosstab')"cross-tabulation"（常縮寫成"crosstab"） which means a table意思是一張表 that sets two things against each other at once同時把兩件事對照起來的 for example age down the side and answer across the top比如側邊列年齡、上面列答案 so you can see how the two connect這樣你就能看出這兩者之間的關聯。