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单词 transportation
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transportation

/transpɔːˈteɪʃ(ə)n / /trɑːnspɔːˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun [mass noun]
1The action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported: the era of global mass transportation...
  • Could changes in fuel and transportation costs have an impact on your business?
  • Using locally available material minimises transportation costs and helps the local economy.
  • However, the mass transportation of livestock around the country will clearly have to be looked at.
1.1chiefly North American A system or means of transporting people or goods: transportation on the site includes a monorail...
  • Officials say the duo were seen photographing transportation systems, such as subways and buses.
  • The result would be a degraded air transportation system that would put a huge dent in economic prosperity.
  • The attacks have put everything from transportation systems to personal information at risk.
2 historical The action or practice of transporting convicts to a penal colony.One area where she made important changes was in the treatment of prisoners sentenced to transportation to the colonies....
  • This agitation ended an unpopular attempt by the British government to renew convict transportation.
  • For a long time in Australia, probably the main industry was the transportation of convicts from the United Kingdom.
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