communication
n
1 [U] act of communicating(1b, 2a, 2b) 傳遞; 傳播; 交流; 交換; 傳達; 表達; 傳意; 通信; 通訊; 聯絡
the communication of disease 疾病的傳染
Being deaf and dumb makes communication very difficult. 又聾又啞很難與人交往.
2 [C] (usu fml 通常作文雅語) thing that is communicated; message (被傳遞的)事物; 信息; 消息
to receive a secret communication 得到一個秘密消息.
3 [U] (also communications [pl]) means of communicating, eg roads, railways, telephone and telegraph lines between places, or radio and TV 交流的方式方法或工具(如公路、 鐵路、 電話及兩地間的電報線路或無線電、 電視等)
Telephone communications between the two cities have been restored. 兩城市間的電話聯系已經恢復.
The heavy snow has prevented all communication with the highlands. 大雪阻斷了與高地之間的一切聯系.
[attrib 作定語]
a communication satellite, link, etc 通訊衛星、 通訊線路等
a world communications network 環球通訊網.
4 (idm 習語) be in communication with sb exchange information regularly with sb, usu by letter or telephone 經常與某人互通情況(通常為通過書信或電話).