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单词 commute
释义

commuteverb

uk/kəˈmjuːt/us/kəˈmjuːt/

commute verb (TRAVEL)

C1 [ I ] to make the same journey regularly between work and home:

It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Travelling

  • backpacking
  • bum around (somewhere)
  • catch
  • coach
  • connect
  • cover
  • cruise
  • destination
  • gad about/around (somewhere)
  • gallivant
  • have sth, will travel idiom
  • override
  • ply
  • road
  • roam
  • tootle
  • tourist class
  • travel
  • travelled
  • well travelled

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commute verb (CHANGE)

[ T ] formal to change one thing into another:

People used to believe that you could commute base metals into gold.

[ T ] specialized finance & economics to exchange one type of payment for a different type:

I think I'll commute my life insurance into an annuity.

[ T ] specialized law to change a punishment to one that is less severe:

Her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternate
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • convert
  • move on
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • reverse
  • swing
  • transfigure
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Replacing and exchanging
Not punishing & reducing punishment

commutenoun [ C ]

uk/kəˈmjuːt/us/kəˈmjuːt/informal

a regular journey between work and home:

It's at least an hour's commute to work.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Journeys

  • adventure
  • break-journey
  • carpool
  • carsick
  • convoy
  • foray
  • grand tour
  • journey
  • mystery tour
  • odyssey
  • outward-bound
  • peregrination
  • pilgrimage
  • ride
  • round trip
  • sail
  • short-haul
  • the long haul idiom
  • travelling
  • trip

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