v.通勤；折換；減刑；改變；交換

n.乘車上下班

Mary used to commute five miles from her home in the suburb. 瑪麗過去每天從郊區(qū)的家里走五英里來上班。

They chose to commute equity into license agreements. 他們選擇了將股權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)換成許可協(xié)議。

Regular train travellers may commute a single monthly payment for daily tickets. 經(jīng)常坐火車的人可以按每天的票價折換購買月票。

He seemed at times to be asking God to commute these penalties. 有時他好象還懇求上帝減輕懲罰。

He can commute pain for pleasure. 他能變痛苦為快樂。

These operators commute with each other. 這些操作工經(jīng)常交換崗位。

Her commute to work will be easy. 她上下班交通會很方便。

commute的基本意思是“通勤”,指乘汽車或火車往返于市區(qū)工作處與郊區(qū)住所之間。commute還可作“減刑”解,常用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。引申可表示“轉(zhuǎn)換,折合”。