at home rather than in a
hospital 社区护理服务（让长
期需要帮助_者在家中接受医疗等）i com'munity centre (8r£) (NAmE com'munity center)
noun a
place where people from the same area can meet for social events or sports or
to take classes itK
活动中心
com munity college noun 1 (also com'munity school) (in Britain) a secondary school that is open to adults from the local
community as well as to its own students社区中学（在英国除接收本校学生外亦向等
地社区成人开放 _)
2 (in the US) a college that is mainly for students
from the local community and that offers programmes that are two years long,
including programmes in practical skills•社K学院（||茵为社区成 员提供两年制课程，包括职业技米训练） com.munity language learning noun [u] a method of learning a foreign language
that uses small groups and other ways of reducing students’ anxiety (外语的）群体语言学习法
com.munity 'property noun [u] {NAmE, law W) property that is
considered to belong equally to a married couple (，妻的）共-财产，共有财产
com.munity
'service noun work helping people in the
local community that sb does without being paid, either because they want to,
or because they have been ordered to by a court as a punishment 社区服麥（、自愿
或因受法庭惩罚的无偿劳
com-mut-able /ka'mjuitabl/ adj. 1 (of a place or a distance 地方或距离）close enough or short enough to make travelling to
work every day a possibility 上下班
方便的；（离工作地点）近的2 (/aw樣）a commutable punishment can be made
less severe:刑罚）.可减轻的
3 (/bmjfl/) able to be changed可改变的；奇女换白七
com-mu-ta-tion
/.kDmju'teiJn;
/SMmF
,ka:m-/
noun [C, U] 1 {law #) the act of making a punishment less
severe 减刑：a commutation 〇/ the death sentence to
h/e imprisonment由死刑减为终身监禁2 财）the act
of replacing one method of
payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another.代偿；折合偿
付；代偿金
com-mu-ta-tive /ka'mjuitativ/ adj. [mathematics W) (of
a calculation 计算）giving the same result whatever the order in which the
quantities are shown 交换的（排列
次序不影晌结果）
com.mu.ta.tor /'kDmjuteita(r); NAmE 'ka:m-/ noun (physics 1 a device that connects a motor to the elec-
tricity supply (马达 >
转换开关，转换器：Z a device for changing the direction in which
electricity flows “ j电 流）换向器；整流子
com-mute
/ka'mjuit/
verb, noun verb 1 [V] to travel regularly
by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home i 乘公共汽 车、火车、汽车等）上下班往返，经常往返（于两地）： She commutes from Oxford to London
every day.
上下班往返于牛津与敦之间。◊ He spent that year commuting between JVew
Ybrfc and Chicago. _ 年他穿梭
来往于纽约与芝加哥之间。◊ Jiive within commuting distance o/I>uWin.我住在离都柏林上下班可乘公交车往
返的地方。◊ [VN] PeopZe are prepared
tci commute Zong distcmces (f they are desperate/or vvorfc. M领得到工作—的
人会愿意长途乘车往返上下班。2 [VN】~ sth (to sth) (tow W) to replace one
punishment with another that is less severe 歲刑 3 [VN]〜sth (for/into sth) (/jfVjfl/ice 财）to exchange one form of payment, for sth else 代偿 it noun the journey that a
person makes when they commute to wori 上下班路程：a two-hour commute into downtown Washington去华盛顿.中心区两小时的.上
下班路程◊ I have onfy a short commute to
worfc..我班 的路程很近。
com-muter /ka'mju:ta(r)/ noun a person who travels into
a city to work each day, usually from quite far away (远距离）.上下班往返晶人：（Sr£) the commuter belt (= the area around a
city where people live and from which they travel to work in the city)上班族居住
地带
comp /kDmp; NAmE kaimp/ noun {informal) 1 [C] (6rE) =comprehensive n.综合中学：Her children go to the Zoca〖 comp.她的孩子们上当地的综合中学。2 [C] (8r£)
| 397 company
=COMPETITION^)竞赛 3 [Cj a
COMPLIMENTARY
ticket, meal, etc. (= one
that you do not have to pay for)赠品（如入场秦、膳食等）4 [U] (/V/Aw£) = compen- sation 补偿；赔偿：comp time (= time off
work given for worlcing extra hours)(加班后的）补休时间
com-pact adj., noun, verb
a adj. /kam'paekt;
'kDmpaekt; NAmE^ smaller than is usual
for things of the same kind 小型的；袖珍的： a compact camera 袖珍照相机 2 using or filling only a small amount of space 紧凑囟；体积小的：The kitcfien was compact but weH
equipped.这间扁房虽然空间小但设
备齐全。3 closely and firmly
packed together 紧密 的；坚实的：a compact moss 〇/earth压得很结实的泥土
4 (of a person or an animal 人或动物）small and strong 矮小而 _ 壮的：He had a compact and muscular body. 也个子矮小健壮。► com.pact.丨y
c/dv/. com.pact.ness noun [U]
■ noun /•kumpaskt; AMmf
'kami-/ 1 a small car
小汽;^ — compare subcompact 2 a small flat box with a
mirror, containing powder that women use on their faces 带镜小粉盒 3 (/'orwa/) a formal agreement between two or more
peopie or countries 协定；协议；
-契约；合约
b verb /kam'paekt/ [VN]
[usually passive] to press sth together firmly ^…紧压在一忘（或压釦）：a layer of compacted snow压紧的一层雪
.compact disc noun = CD
com-padre /kDm'paidrei; NAmE kam-/ noun {NAmE, informal, from Spanish) used as a friendly way of addressing sb (瘌作称睁）朋友，老兄
com-pan-ion
/kam'paenian/
noun 1 a person or an animal
that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you 旅伴；‘伴侣;.___伴：traveWng companions 旅伴◊ (figurative) Fear was the hostages’ constant companion.人质一直都感到恐惧不安。2 a person who has similar tastes, interests, etc. to your own and whose company you enjoy (爱好、志—等相投的）伙 伴，同伴：She was a cAarmfng
dinner companion.与她 同桌进餐使人感到十分高兴。◊ Ms younger
brother is not much 〇/ d companion /or Ziim.他的弟弟和他志趣不
太相投。◊ They’re
drin/dng companions.(= they go out drinking together)•他们是酒友 e B a person who shares
in your work, pleasures, sadness, etc•同甘共苦的伙伴： V^e became companions
in mis/ortune.我们成 了患难 之交。4 a person, usually a
woman，employed to live with
and help sb，especially sb old or ill/siclc 陪护（通
常受雇照料老人或病人）5 one of a pair of
things that go together or can be used together 成对的物品之一；
一;副物品中的一个：A companion voZume is
soon to be pubfched.这卷书的姊妹篇即将问世。6 used in book titles to describe a book giving useful
facts and information on a particular subject (用宁书名）指南， 手册：A Companion to french
literature《法国文，学指 _》一see also boon companion com-panJon-able /kam'paenianabl/ adj. friendly 般的；。衣好的;/友善必►com.pan.ion.ably/-abli/ com-pan-ion-ship /kam'paenianj'ip/ noun [u] the pleasant feeling that you have when you have a
frie.ndly relationship with sb and are not alone 友情； 交金；友谊：They meet at the club for companionship cmd advice.他们在俱乐部相会是为了联谊和寻求建议。
0 She had. only her
cat for companionship,
做伴。
com-pan-i'on-way /kam'paenienwei/ noun {technical ^ 语）a set of stairs on a
ship (船上的i升降口扶梯 com-pany /'kAmpani/ noun (pi. -ies)
►
BUSINESS 商业 1 [C+sing./pl. v.]
THEATRE/DANCE
戏剧；舞蹈 2 (often in names 常用于名