communities

英 [kəˈmjuːnɪtiz]

美 [kəmˈjunətiz]

n.  社区; 社会; 团体; 社团; 界; 共享; 共有
community的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL (同住一地的人所构成的)社区
  The communityis all the people who live in a particular area or place.
  1. He's well liked by people in the community...
     社区的人都非常喜欢他。
  2. 'The community are getting impatient,' said a representative of the Residents' Association...
     “社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。
  3. The growth of such vigilante gangs has worried community leaders, police and politicians.
     这类治安维持会成员组成的帮派的壮大让社区领袖、警察和政界人士十分担心。
• N-COUNT-COLL 群体;团体
  A particularcommunityis a group of people who are similar in some way.
  1. The police haven't really done anything for the black community in particular.
     警方并未真正特意为黑人群体做什么。
  2. ...the business community.
     商界
• N-UNCOUNT (不同人士、团体之间的)友谊，伙伴关系
  Communityis friendship between different people or groups, and a sense of having something in common.
  1. A supportive house for eight to ten older people, each with his or her own room, provides privacy and a sense of community...
     一幢扶助性住宅可供8至10位老人居住，每个人都有自己单独的房间，在这里，他们既能独处，又有社区归属感。
  2. Two of our greatest strengths are diversity and community.
     我们最大的两个优势是多样性和团体精神。

双语例句

• Communities downstream have been alerted.
  下游的社区已经接到了预警。
• Rural communities are widely separated and often small
  乡村村落彼此离得很远，而且通常规模很小。
• Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.
  我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
• In some communities there is a particular need to develop tolerance and improve race relations.
  某些社区亟需发扬宽容精神，改善种族关系。
• The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city
  洛杉矶的暴乱反映出这个城市的黑人社区和韩裔社区之间的仇恨。
• The two communities are learning how to resolve their differences.
  这两个社群正在学着如何解决彼此之间的分歧。
• Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.
  黑人群体大声疾呼，要求维护有色人种的权利。
• The grasslands have a similar climate and plant communities to many grasslands in the developing world.
  这些草原与发展中国家的许多草原拥有类似的气候和植物群。
• They banded together in their own small communities.
  他们在各自的小社区中抱成一团。
• This decade, a series of disasters have destroyed communities and countries.
  在近十年，一系列的灾难破坏了许多地区和国家。