| 单词 | commute |
| 释义 | commuteWord family nouncommutabilitycommutationcommutatorcommutercommuter beltadjectivecommutablecommutativeverbcommutatecommuteadverbcommutatively com·mute1 /kəˈmjuːt/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitiveI]TRAVEL to regularly travel a long distance to get to work 长途上下班，通勤 commute to/from/between ► see thesaurus at travel Jim commutes to Manhattan every day. 吉姆每天长途乘车到曼哈顿上班。 2 commute a sentence (to something) technical to change the punishment given to a criminal to one that is less severe 减刑（到…） Baldry’s 20-year prison sentence was commuted to three years. 鲍德里二十年的刑期被减至三年。 3 commute something for/into something technicalEXCHANGE to exchange one thing, especially one kind of payment, for another 把某物改换为另一物〔尤指支付方式〕 He commuted his pension for a lump sum. 他把退休金改为一次领清。 Examples from the Corpus commute• One of my busboys commutes from a rented house in Fairfield.• Kendall commutes into the city every day from Waltham.• Some commute long distances while others work close to home.• I don't mind commuting on the train as long as I have a good book to read.• Many may eventually be able to work from home rather than commute to an office.• He had moved to Penzance in Cornwall, commuting to London for work.• With such equipment, staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices. commute to/from/between• Many may eventually be able to work from home rather than commute to an office.• Her batting average there: five stays of execution, one commuted to life in prison, and two men freed completely.• In particular, many people have moved to the Wirral peninsula and they commute to Liverpool through the Mersey tunnel or by ferry.• With such equipment, staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices.• The rules to make it through the obstacle course of a day's commute to school are carefully laid out.• The nearly completed four-lane route will help shorten the commute to the remote site, roughly 24 miles northeast of downtown.• I have to complete my contract and teach for a semester, which means commuting to upstate New York every week.• I lived in Boston and commuted to Worcester. commute2 noun [countableC usually singular] TRAVELthe journey to work every day 每天上班的路程 My morning commute takes 45 minutes. ► see thesaurus at journey 我早上上班路程要花45分钟。 Examples from the Corpus commute• Now, my father has a tiring job, a long commute, and a house to rehabilitate besides.• Traffic congestion during peak commute hours is terrible. From Longman Business Dictionary commutecom·mute /kəˈmjuːt/ verb [intransitiveI] TRAVELto regularly travel a long distance for your work commute between a businessman who commutes between Northern Ireland and Hong Kong —commute noun [countableC usually singular] He got fed up with the daily commute into London. —commuter noun [countableC] British Rail networks carrying commuters into London (1400-1500) Latin commutare “to exchange, change”, from com- ( → COM-) + mutare “to change” |
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