commuters

英 [kəˈmjuːtəz]

美 [kəmˈjutərz]

n.  (远距离)上下班往返的人
commuter的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (经很远的路程)上下班往返;通勤
  If youcommute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
  1. Mike commutes to London every day...
     迈克每天都去伦敦上班。
  2. McLaren began commuting between Paris and London...
     麦克拉伦开始往返于巴黎与伦敦之间。
  3. He's going to commute.
     他打算乘长途车往返上下班。
• N-COUNT 上下班路程
  Acommuteis the journey that you make when you commute.
  1. The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.
     洛杉矶的平均上下班路程为每天60多英里。
• VERB 减轻(刑罚)
  If a death sentence or prison sentenceis commuted toa less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment.
  1. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment...
     他的死刑被减为无期徒刑。
  2. Prison sentences have been commuted.
     服刑期得以减短。

双语例句

• Officials predicted a traffic nightmare for Bay Area commuters for weeks or months to come.
  政府预告了近几周或数月之内海湾地区的往返者的交通恶梦。
• Cities need to mix living and working, families and commuters.
  城市必须是生活和工作、家庭和通勤者的混合体。
• Hundreds of commuters are squashing into the train.
  数百位通勤者拥进了火车。
• But commuters and other travellers already suffer great financial pain in some cities.
  不过某些城市中的通勤者和其他旅行者已经在经历着巨大的财务痛苦。
• A new transport scheme in Santiago, designed under her predecessor, has brought misery for commuters.
  圣地亚哥的一个新交通运输计划，在她前任的时候就设计好了，给每天乘车上下班的人带来了灾难。
• Many cities have taxis, buses and subways to help commuters get to and from work.
  很多都市都有出租车、公车和地下铁帮助通车族上下班。
• The platforms groan with homeward-bound commuters.
  月台在下班赶着回家的通勤族脚下不堪重负。
• A rash of ugly new houses has been built for commuters near the railway station.
  火车站附近为通勤者们造了许多难看的新房子。
• Professional advisers are regular commuters alongside factory owners, truck drivers and shoppers.
  专业顾问定期往返于两地，与之同行的还有工厂所有者、卡车司机以及购物者。
• French commuters cram onto the subway in Paris on the first day of a transit strike in France.
  在法国，公交罢工恢复后的第一天，上班的人群正涌入巴黎的地铁中。