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单词 commute
释义
commute
verb
uk
/kəˈmjuːt/us
/kəˈmjuːt/

commuteverb(TRAVEL)

C1[I]
to make the samejourneyregularlybetweenworkandhome:
上下班往返；往返于工作地点与家之间；通勤
It'sexhaustingcommutingfromBrightontoLondon everyday.每天上下班要往返于布赖顿与伦敦之间，令人疲惫不堪。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Travelling
  • around Robin Hood's barnidiom
  • backpack
  • bag drop
  • bourne
  • bum
  • bum around
  • bump
  • communication
  • commuting
  • connection
  • gad about/around(somewhere)
  • hitchhike
  • move
  • shuttle
  • swan
  • taken
  • tootle
  • tour
  • visa
  • well travelled
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commuteverb(CHANGE)

[T]formal
tochangeone thing into another:
变换，改变
People used tobelievethat you could commutebasemetalsintogold.人们过去曾认为能将贱金属变成黄金。
[T]finance & economicsspecialized
toexchangeonetypeofpaymentfor a differenttype:
改变，改换（支付方式）
IthinkI'll commute mylifeinsuranceintoanannuity.我想把人寿保险改为年金保险。
[T]lawspecialized
tochangeapunishmentto one that is lesssevere:
减轻（刑罚）
Hersentencewas commutedfromdeathtolifeimprisonment.对她的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • alterable
  • altered
  • alternate
  • disturb
  • drip
  • modulate
  • modulation
  • move on
  • move the goalpostsidiom
  • move with the timesidiom
  • pivot
  • rewrite
  • sanitization
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • stead
  • steepness
  • sway
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Replacing and exchanging
Not punishing & reducing punishment
commute
noun[C]
informal
uk
/kəˈmjuːt/us
/kəˈmjuːt/
aregularjourneybetweenworkandhome:
上下班往返；往返于工作地点与家之间；通勤
It's at least an hour's commute towork.上班路上至少要花1个小时。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Journeys
  • adventure
  • break-journey
  • carpool
  • carpooling
  • circumnavigation
  • commuting
  • expedition
  • field trip
  • grand tour
  • jaunt
  • journey
  • junket
  • layover
  • odyssey
  • ride
  • round trip
  • sail
  • stopover
  • trip
  • wanderings
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(Definition ofcommutefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

commute| American Dictionary

commute
verb
us
/kəˈmjut/

commuteverb(TRAVEL)

[I]
totravelregularlyadistancebetweenworkandhome:
She commutes to thecitybycareveryday.

commuteverb(CHANGE)

[T]
tochangeapunishmentinto another that is lesssevere:
Thegovernorcommuted thesentenceandreleasedtheprisoner.

commute

noun[C]us
/kəˈmjut/
The commute is not toobad– just over anhour.

commuter

noun[C]us
/kəˈmjut̬·ər/
The 5:30trainis alwayspackedwithcommuters.
(Definition ofcommutefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

commute| Business English

commute
verb
uk
/kəˈmjuːt/us
[I]TRANSPORT
to make the samejourneyregularlyfromhometowork:
He commuted everyday, back andforth, anhourand 20minuteseach way.
Debbieworksfor aninvestmentbankand ispresentlycommuting betweenParisand Luxemburg.
Duffy hascommuted fromWindsortoLondon for the past sevenyears.
[T]FINANCE,INSURANCE
toexchangeonetypeofpaymentorinvestmentfor anothertype:
Pensioners who commutetheirpensionfor alumpsumsometimesfacehugelosses.
[T]LAW
toreplaceapunishmentwith a lesssevereone:
Davis stillfacesexecutionunlesstheparoleboardcommuteshissentencetolifeinprison.
commute
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmjuːt/us
TRANSPORT
ajourneythat someone doesregularlyfromhometowork:
a 90 minute/50km/30 mile commuteEverymorningduring his 85-mile commute he has plenty oftimetothinkabout thedayahead.
a daily/weekly commuteCutting out thedailycommute is the mostobviousattractionofteleworking.
a long/short commuteThesurveyprovidesevidencethat low-paidworkersareforcedtoendurelongcommutes into thecapital.
(Definition ofcommutefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommute

commute
Second, the externality of its necessity, which might have promised to safeguard (so to speak) its surprise, gets commuted into an encephalic interiority.
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Many others now are commuting daily from the valleys to new industries nearer the coast.
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Most farmers would not need to resettle because the new lands are at commuting distances from the villages.
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Of those who migrated, 71 per cent were engaged in long distance migration while the remaining 21 per cent commuted with livestock.
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In the case of petty traffickers, the sentence was often commuted.
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Now, improving a nearly commuting diagram to a commuting one is a standard ^ procedure in hyperbolic dynamics.
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Two observables which do not have the special property of commuting with each other will not be simultaneously measurable.
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More precisely, here are the boundary versions of this kind of 'identity principle' for commuting holomorphic maps.
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Finally, for the left-hand component of, we must show that the outward square of the diagram commutes.
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We need to show that the upper left-hand square commutes.
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Of course, commuting is not a new phenomenon.
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The impact of such decisions on commuting behaviour, and attitudes towards different forms of transport, are examined below.
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Regularization commutes with exterior differentiation, and the extension is chosen so that it commutes with exterior differentiation as well.
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Under the legislation of the nineteenth century tithes were commuted into tithe rentcharge, an annual sum varying with the price of corn.
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Furthermore, each such commuting diagram corresponds to a transition.
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