commute

英 [kə'mjuːt] 美 [kə'mjuːt]

• v. 通勤；折换；减刑；改变；交换
• n. 乘车上下班

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 通勤

   travel regularly by bus, train or car between one's place of work (usually in a city) and one's home (usually at a distance)

2. vt. 减(刑)

   replace (one punishment) by another that is less severe

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 通勤
2. 交换，调换，互换，替换
3. 减轻，减免（刑罚）
4. 折合，换算，用钱折算
5. 替代，用…代替
6. 变换， 改变
7. 兑换，兑去
8. 划拨
9. 折偿，抵偿，代偿，补偿
10. 【电】变向
11. 整流
12. 用…交换
13. 使变成
14. 上下班往返
15. 经常往返（于两地），定期坐车往来于两地之间
16. 改换支付方法
17. 使用定期票乘车

n. 名词

1. <口>通勤，通勤来往
2. 通勤来往的途程，上下班路程
3. 在两地之间的坐车往返
4. 坐车往来于两地之间的路程
5. 乘车上下班

英英释义

Noun:

1. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work;

   "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"
   

Verb:

1. exchange positions without a change in value;

   "These operators commute with each other"
   

2. travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

3. change the order or arrangement of;

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
   

4. exchange a penalty for a less severe one

5. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;

   "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"
   "He changed his name"
   "convert centimeters into inches"
   "convert holdings into shares"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Mary used to commute five miles from her home in the suburb.
   玛丽过去每天从郊区的家里走五英里来上班。
2. They chose to commute equity into license agreements.
   他们选择了将股权转换成许可协议。
3. Regular train travellers may commute a single monthly payment for daily tickets.
   经常坐火车的人可以按每天的票价折换购买月票。
4. He seemed at times to be asking God to commute these penalties.
   有时他好象还恳求上帝减轻惩罚。
5. He can commute pain for pleasure.
   他能变痛苦为快乐。
6. These operators commute with each other.
   这些操作工经常交换岗位。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her commute to work will be easy.
   她上下班交通会很方便。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He lives in Hong Kong and commutes.
   他住在香港而通勤往来。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
   他的判刑由死刑减为无期徒刑。

经典引文

• He and the Beasts seem Natures to commute, They act like Reason, and he like the Brute.

  出自： T. Ken

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

commute into〔for〕 (v.+prep.)

交换,折合 exchange (one thing, especially one kind of payment) for another
commute sth into〔for〕 sth
He commuted his pension into〔for〕 a lump sum.

他把退休金一次领清,拿了一大笔钱。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• commute between〔from〕 通勤于…之间
• commute into 以…变成…
• commute to 以…换成…

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. commute的基本意思是“通勤”,指乘汽车或火车往返于市区工作处与郊区住所之间。commute还可作“减刑”解,常用于被动结构。引申可表示“转换,折合”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

下面两句意思相同:

• She commutes between A and B every day.
• She commutes from A and B every day.
• 她每天往返于A地和B地之间。

近反义词

【近义词】

• travel 旅行
• exchange 交换
• substitute 代用品
• shuttle 梭子
• convert (使)转变
• change 变化
• go back and forth 来来往往
• alter 改变
• transform 改变
• transmute 使 ... 变形
• metamorphose 改变形状
• switch 转换
• replace 取代
• move 移动
• ride 骑
• transpose 调换
• permute 改序