communicate
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (to sb/sth)
(a) make sth known; convey sth 使某事物被人知曉; 傳送某事物
This poem communicates the author's despair. 這首詩流露出作者的絕望心情.
The officer communicated his orders to the men by radio. 軍官用無線電向士兵下達命令.
(b) pass on sth; transmit sth 傳遞某事物; 傳播
communicate a disease 傳播疾病.
2
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb) exchange information, news, ideas, etc 交流情況、 交換消息、 交流思想等
The police communicate (with each other) by radio. 警察通過無線電(互相)聯絡.
(b) [I] convey one's ideas, feelings, etc clearly to others 將想法感情等清楚地傳達給別人
A politician must be able to communicate. 政治家必須善於表達自己的觀點.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) be connected 被聯系; 被聯接; 被溝通
My garden communicates with the one next door by means of a gate. 我的花園有道門與鄰家的相通
communicating rooms, ie rooms with a connecting door 通間(帶通門的房間).