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

• Stop us if you've heard this one before: long commutes are bad for your health.
  如果你听过这个说法，就让我打住：上下班时间长对身体有害。
• As my day fills with stress, crowded commutes and endless deadlines, I think of Duncan home alone.
  当我的生活充满了压力，每天要挤着拥挤的公交去上班，面对无限的期限时，我就想到了Duncan孤单的呆在家里。
• 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。
• They are avoiding dreaded commutes, doing volunteer work, pursuing college degrees or caring for family.
  这些人避开了令人头痛的上下班，还可以做义工，攻读学位或是照顾家人。
• And horrible commutes are common.
  而极不方便的通勤也十分常见。
• Mike commutes to London every day
  迈克每天都去伦敦上班。
• 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。
• It is being marketed at frequent business flyers and people making short commutes to work.
  这种箱子设计出来的目的是为了方便那些频繁出差的人和短期出游工作的人。
• 26% of those prizing short commutes over low rents would still take the cheaper home;
  表示倾向较短通勤时间而非较低租金的人中，有26%还是选择租金较低的住处；
• Like morning commutes needed to get any harder.
  上下班的时间要更多了。