单词 | community |
释义 | communitycommunity /kəˈmyunət̮i/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun (plural communities) 1PEOPLE [countable] the people who live in the same area, town, etc.: An arts center will benefit the whole community. Community leaders met to discuss the proposed golf course. Part of her job is community relations (=talking to people in the community to try and get them to cooperate).2PARTICULAR GROUP [countable] a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc.: Miami has a large Cuban exile community. voters in minority communitiesthe gay/black/Hispanic etc. communitythe business/academic/scientific etc. community The issue has divided the medical community.3TOWN [countable] a town, area, etc. that a group of people live in: Borrego Springs is a desert community south of Los Angeles. → see also bedroom community/suburb at bedroom24the community society and the people in it: The police department wants to get officers out into the community. The international community (=all the countries of the world) has responded generously to the disaster.5sense of community the feeling that you belong to a particular community because people work together to help each other and improve the community6PLANTS/ANIMALS [countable] science, biology a group of organisms of different types that live together in the same place[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French comuneté, from Latin communitas, from communis] |
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