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

• 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。
• 'They don't want to feel distanced from their family, but long office hours and lengthy daily commutes means millions of dads miss out on valuable time with their kids.
  他们并不想冷落家人，但忙碌的工作和每天长时间的通勤让很多爸爸错过了陪伴孩子的宝贵时间。
• But they did not find that lengthy commutes to and from work had any impact on illness and injury.
  但是，他们并没有发现上下班长时间乘车对伤害和疾病有任何影响。
• Berlin has music, art and nightlife to rival Europe's more established capitals, but not their high costs and hellish commutes.
  柏林有比得上欧洲规模更大的首都城市的音乐、艺术和夜生活，但是却不存在它们那样的高消费和地狱般的通勤状况。
• 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。
• You know, he commutes from the suburbs.
  你知道，他从郊区坐公交车来上班。
• And horrible commutes are common.
  而极不方便的通勤也十分常见。
• He lives in Hong Kong and commutes.
  他住在香港而通勤往来。
• She commutes from Cambridge to London every day.
  她每天坐火车往返于剑桥和伦敦之间。
• Like morning commutes needed to get any harder.
  上下班的时间要更多了。