commutes

英 [kəˈmjuːts]

美 [kəˈmjuːts]

v.  (乘公共汽车、火车、汽车等)上下班往返，经常往返(于两地); 减刑; 代偿
n.  上下班路程
commute的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (经很远的路程)上下班往返;通勤
  If youcommute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
  1. Mike commutes to London every day...
     迈克每天都去伦敦上班。
  2. McLaren began commuting between Paris and London...
     麦克拉伦开始往返于巴黎与伦敦之间。
  3. He's going to commute.
     他打算乘长途车往返上下班。
• N-COUNT 上下班路程
  Acommuteis the journey that you make when you commute.
  1. The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.
     洛杉矶的平均上下班路程为每天60多英里。
• VERB 减轻(刑罚)
  If a death sentence or prison sentenceis commuted toa less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment.
  1. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment...
     他的死刑被减为无期徒刑。
  2. Prison sentences have been commuted.
     服刑期得以减短。

双语例句

• Like morning commutes needed to get any harder.
  上下班的时间要更多了。
• He is a courier and commutes between Beijing and New York.
  他是个信使，经常往返于北京和纽约之间。
• As anyone who commutes or runs to the store knows, we live in a nation of automobiles.
  不管你是坐车步行去商店，任何人都知道如今生活在汽车的时代。
• Mr. Smith commutes between New York and Philadelphia.
  史密斯先生通勤于纽约和费城之间。
• For many in Beijing, commutes are already difficult, as passengers negotiate the capital's urban sprawl.
  对于很多身在北京的人来说，城市的扩张本来就已使通勤变得困难。
• Not only she attends all kinds of competitions around the world, but also commutes between Erevan and Groningen.
  不仅要在世界各地参加各种比赛，还要经常往返与亚美尼亚的埃里温和荷兰的格罗宁根。
• And horrible commutes are common.
  而极不方便的通勤也十分常见。
• Despite having bought an apartment there three years ago, she still lives in the old city and commutes.
  虽然她三年前在那里买了一套公寓，但仍然住在老城，每天往返。
• She commutes between Chicago and Rockford every day.
  她每天通勤于芝加哥和罗克福德之间。
• One person I know sometimes commutes from Kent with his cello, he says.
  他说道：我认识一个人，有时候要带着自己的大提琴从肯特郡往返。