[mass noun]the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or by using some other medium 传达,传授,传播;交流;通信,通讯 direct communication between the two countries will produce greater understanding. 两国间的直接交流将增进相互了解 。 at the moment I am in communication with London. 目前我和伦敦有通信联络。 ■[count noun]a letter or message containing such information or news 书信;口信;消息 ■the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings 沟通 there was a lack of communication between Pamela and her parents. 帕梅拉和她父母之间缺乏沟通。 ■social contact 社交;联系;交往,交际 she gave him some hope of her return, or at least of their future communication. 她给了他一些她会回来,或至少他们将来可以联系的希望。
(communications)means of connection between people or places, in particular 联系方法,尤指 ■the means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers 通讯设备;通信技术 satellite communications. 卫星通讯。 [as modifier]a communications network. 通信网络。 ■the means of travelling or of transporting goods, such as roads or railways 交通工具;运输工具 a city providing excellent road and rail communications. 提供极便利的公路和铁路交通的城市。 ■[treated as sing.]the field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means 传播学
常用词组 line of communications
the connections between an army in the field and its bases (前线军队和其基地间的)交通线;补给线;通信线
派生 communicational adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Old French comunicacion, from Latin communicatio(n-), from the verb communicare 'to share' (see communicate)