tel·e·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
noun/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
(also informal telecom
/ˈtelikɒm/
/ˈtelikɑːm/
)- telecommunications, informal telecoms[uncountable] the technology of sending signals, images and messages over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc./ˈtelikɒmz//ˈtelikɑːmz/
电信(指技术) - technological developments in telecommunications
电信技术的发展 - the telecommunications industry
电信业
Extra Examples- Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT
日本电信巨头日本电报电话公司 - a public telecommunications system
公共电信系统 - modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks
对他们的邮政和电信网络进行现代化改造
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- global
- national
- world
- …
- infrastructure
- network
- services
- …
- technological developments in telecommunications
- [uncountable] communication over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.
电信(指远程通信) - Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.
数字电信有很多值得推荐的地方。 - a telecommunication company
电信公司
- Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.
- [countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.
电讯 - It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.
故意窃听电信属于犯罪行为。
- It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.
Word Origin1930s: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.