Word · Frequency #11235
commute
通勤；往返
to travel regularly between one's home and place of work or study
- 1.
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
交换；以换取大宗物或总额而减轻(刑罚、义务或付款)但不完全取消；兑现；减少
- 2.
To journey, to make a journey
旅行；往来
- 3.
Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
(运算)满足交换律,即操作数顺序改变不影响结果
减（刑）；缓解；折算；转换；满足交换律；可交换；交换；以换取大宗物或总额而减轻(刑罚、义务或付款)但不完全取消；兑现；减少；旅行；往来；(运算)满足交换律,即操作数顺序改变不影响结果
In use
I commute to work by train every morning.
She commutes from the suburbs to the city center.
Commuting by bike takes me forty minutes each way.
commute from A to B
强调出发地和目的地的方向，from 后为起点，to 后为终点。
She commutes from the suburbs to the city every weekday.
她每个工作日从郊区通勤到市区。
commute between A and B
between 后接两个地点，表示在两个地方之间定期往返。
He commutes between Boston and New York for work.
他因工作往返于波士顿和纽约之间。
commute sth to sth
常见于法律语境，指把刑罚等减轻或转换为较轻的处罚。
Connections
Collocations
- commute to work
- 通勤上下班
- She commutes to work by train.她乘火车通勤上下班。
- commute by bike
- 骑自行车通勤
- In summer, I commute by bike.夏天我骑自行车通勤。
- commute long distances
- 长途通勤
- Many workers commute long distances to the city.许多工人长途通勤进城。
- commute a sentence
- 减刑
- The court may commute a sentence if new evidence appears.如果出现新证据，法院可以减刑。
- commute into the city
- 通勤进城
- They commute into the city from the suburbs.他们从郊区通勤进城。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想每天“可缪特”（kəˈmjuːt）地来回跑：从家到公司再返回，就是通勤 commute。记住“来回跑”这个画面。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常通勤、法律/正式文书、数学/技术讨论 「commute」的语域随义项变化：表示「通勤」时多用于日常口语和一般书面语，比较中性；表示「减刑、折算」时通常出现在法律或正式语境；表示「满足交换律」时常见于数学或技术讨论。使用时建议根据具体义项选择合适语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with commute's stressed syllable /mjuːt/ (the /juːt/ ending): mute, cute, compute, dispute, acute. Be careful: compute looks like commute but has /p/ before /juːt/, while commute has /m/; minute (noun, /ˈmɪnɪt/) looks like it has the same -ute spelling but is pronounced completely differently.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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