| [/kəˏmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn; kəˏmjunəˋkeʃən/] n 用法:
1 [U] act of communicating(1b, 2a, 2b) 传递; 传播; 交流; 交换; 传达; 表达; 传意; 通信; 通讯; 联络:
the communication of disease 疾病的传染 *
Being deaf and dumb makes communication very difficult. 又聋又哑很难与人交往. 用法:
2 [C] (usu fml 通常作文雅语) thing that is communicated; message （被传递的）事物; 信息; 消息:
to receive a secret communication 得到一个秘密消息. 用法:
3 [U] (also communications [pl]) means of communicating, eg roads, railways, telephone and telegraph lines between places, or radio and TV 交流的方式方法或工具（如公路、 铁路、 电话及两地间的电报线路或无线电、 电视等）:
Telephone communications between the two cities have been restored. 两城市间的电话联系已经恢复. *
The heavy snow has prevented all communication with the highlands. 大雪阻断了与高地之间的一切联系. *
[attrib 作定语] a communication satellite, link, etc 通讯卫星、 通讯线路等 *
a world communications network 环球通讯网. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) be in communication with sb exchange information regularly with sb, usu by letter or telephone 经常与某人互通情况（通常为通过书信或电话）. |