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commute

美音:[kəm´ju:t ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.交换,抵偿,减刑,<电工>整流

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commute为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:commuted 过去分词:commuted 现在分词:commuting 第三人称单数:commutes

词根

com-=together,with,wholly 变化型 co-,col-,comb-,con-,cor-,coun-

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exchange  move  replace  substitute  switch  travel    

commute


/kə'mju:t; kə`mjut/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip] travel regularly by bus, train or car between one's place of work (usu in a city) and one's home (usu at a distance) 通勤(乘汽车或火车经常往返于市区工作处与郊区住所之间)
*She commutes from Oxford to London every day. 她每天通勤于牛津和伦敦之间.
* She lives in Oxford and commutes (in). 她住在牛津而通勤来往.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (to sth) replace (one punishment) by another that is less severe 减(刑)
*commute a death sentence (to one of life imprisonment) 将死刑减刑(改为无期徒刑)
* She was given a commuted sentence. 她获减刑判决.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (for/into sth) change sth, esp one form of payment, for or into sth else 改变某事物(尤指付款方式)
*commute one's pension 改变退休金的付款方式
* commute an annuity into a lump sum 将年金改为一次性总付款.