communication
/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
1
- mass noun the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or by using some other medium传达, 传授, 传播; 交流; 通信, 通讯：
direct communication between the two countries will produce greater understanding
两国间的直接交流将增进相互了解
at the moment I am in communication with London.
目前我和伦敦有通信联络。
1.1
- count noun a letter or message containing such information or news书信; 口信; 消息。
1.2
- the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings沟通：
there was a lack of communication between Pamela and her parents.
帕梅拉和她父母之间缺乏沟通。
1.3
- social contact社交; 联系; 交往, 交际：
she gave him some hope of her return, or at least of their future communication.
她给了他一些她会回来, 或至少他们将来可以联系的希望。
2
communications
means of connection between people or places, in particular联系方法, 尤指：
2.1
- the means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers通讯设备; 通信技术：
satellite communications
卫星通讯
as modifier a communications network.通信网络。
2.2
- the means of travelling or of transporting goods, such as roads or railways交通工具; 运输工具：
a city providing excellent road and rail communications.
提供极便利的公路和铁路交通的城市。
2.3
- treated as sing. the field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means传播学。
短语
line of communications
- the connections between an army in the field and its bases（前线军队与其基地间的）交通线; 补给线; 通信线。
派生词
communicational
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French comunicacion, from Latin communicatio（n-）, from the verb communicare 'to share' （see COMMUNICATE）.