commute

英 [kəˈmjuːt]

美 [kəˈmjuːt]

v.  (乘公共汽车、火车、汽车等)上下班往返，经常往返(于两地); 减刑; 代偿
n.  上下班路程

现在分词：commuting　过去分词：commuted　过去式：commuted　第三人称单数：commutes　

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牛津词典

verb

• （乘公共汽车、火车、汽车等）上下班往返，经常往返（于两地）
  to travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home
  1. She commutes from Oxford to London every day.
     她每天上下班往返于牛津与伦敦之间。
  2. He spent that year commuting between New York and Chicago.
     那年他穿梭来往于纽约与芝加哥之间。
  3. I live within commuting distance of Dublin.
     我住在离都柏林上下班可乘公交车往返的地方。
  4. People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.
     亟须得到工作的人会愿意长途乘车往返上下班。
• 减刑
  to replace one punishment with another that is less severe
• 代偿
  to exchange one form of payment, for sth else

noun

• 上下班路程
  the journey that a person makes when they commute to work
  1. a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
     去华盛顿中心区两小时的上下班路程
  2. I have only a short commute to work.
     我上班的路程很近。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (经很远的路程)上下班往返;通勤
  If youcommute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
  1. Mike commutes to London every day...
     迈克每天都去伦敦上班。
  2. McLaren began commuting between Paris and London...
     麦克拉伦开始往返于巴黎与伦敦之间。
  3. He's going to commute.
     他打算乘长途车往返上下班。
• N-COUNT 上下班路程
  Acommuteis the journey that you make when you commute.
  1. The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.
     洛杉矶的平均上下班路程为每天60多英里。
• VERB 减轻(刑罚)
  If a death sentence or prison sentenceis commuted toa less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment.
  1. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment...
     他的死刑被减为无期徒刑。
  2. Prison sentences have been commuted.
     服刑期得以减短。

英英释义

noun

• a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
  1. there is standing room only on the high-speed commute

verb

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
  1. Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
  2. He changed his name
  3. convert centimeters into inches
  4. convert holdings into shares
  Synonym:changeexchangeconvert
• exchange a penalty for a less severe one
  Synonym:convertexchange
• change the order or arrangement of
  1. Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
  Synonym:permutetranspose
• exchange positions without a change in value
  1. These operators commute with each other
  Synonym:transpose
• travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

双语例句

• Yes, we've heard that most people here commute by bicycle rather than by car.
  是的，我们听说这里大多数的人都是骑自行车通勤而不开车的。
• It's a long commute from New York to Boston.
  从纽约通勤到波士顿路程很长。
• The system will work only if Londoners abandon their daily commute.
  只有伦敦人放弃日常通勤，公共交通系统才能正常运转。
• The commute to my new job is longer than I anticipated.
  去我新工作的路程比我期望的时间要长。
• You may decide to commute from your home to a local campus.
  你可以决定从你家到当地的学校。
• I have to commute between the university town and the downtown area every day.
  我天天上班在大学城和市区之间往返奔波。
• He's going to commute.
  他打算乘长途车往返上下班。
• A longer commute may be morepalatable if you can telecommute some of the time.
  如果你可以时不时在家里远程办公的话，长时间的工作时间也许对你来说是更好的选择。
• Do you commute by train?
  你乘火车上下班吗？
• It takes me one hour to commute to school.
  我乘车上学需要一个小时。