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communicate

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  • Conjugation : past  communicated ; ing  communicating
  • Derivatives : n  communicator
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

communicate [kə'mjuːnɪkeɪt]
  1. 1. vi. (by writing,speaking etc) 联络
  2. 2. vi. (talk openly) 沟通
  3. 3. vt. [+idea] [ decision] [ feeling] 表达
    to communicate with sb
    某人联络
  4. 4. vt. (talk openly to) 与某人沟通

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

communicate [kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 传达传递信息
    A logo is a visual symbol which seeks to communicate a simple message to the public.
    商标是一种向大众传递简单信息视觉标志
    Please communicate this message to all employees.
    请把这个消息传递给所有员工
  2. 2. vt. 表达
    Parents and children need to learn how to communicate feelings to each other.
    父母孩子之间需要学会如何彼此表达感情
    He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist.
    他把自己的焦虑症告知了这位精神科医师
  3. 3. vt. 传染传播
    The disease is communicated from one person to another continually multiplying itself as it goes.
    这种病从一个人传染到另一个人,期间不断自我繁殖
  4. 4. vi. 连接相通
    The flats are small, with communicating rooms.
    这些公寓很小,带有连通间。
    The rooms communicated.
    这些房间相通的。
  5. 5. verb 交流沟通
    We just had nothing in common and I couldn't communicate with his dull friends.
    我们没有共同点而且我也无法和他那些枯燥的朋友们交谈
    He and his sons haven't communicated for years.
    他和他的儿子们已经多年没有联系了。
    Do you communicate well with your advisor?
    你跟你的指导老师沟通很好吗?
  6. 6. vt. [Religion] 授予圣餐
    The priest communicated us, including me because of my illness.
    神父授予我们圣餐因为有病所以我也包含在内
  7. 7. vi. [Catholicism] 领受圣餐
    Good Christians still communicated once a week.
    虔诚基督徒仍然每周教堂接受圣餐

Collins English-English Dictionary

communicate [kə'mjuːnɪ"keɪt]
  1. 1. vb to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
  2. 2. vt. [tr; usually foll by to] to allow (a feeling, emotion, etc) to be sensed (by), willingly or unwillingly; transmit (to)
    the dog communicated his fear to the other animals
  3. 3. vi. [intr] to have a sympathetic mutual understanding
  4. 4. vi. [intr; usually foll by with] to make or have a connecting passage or route; connect
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to transmit (a disease); infect
  6. 6. vi. [intr] [Christianity] to receive or administer Communion
  7. 7. vi. [Etymology] C16: from Latin communicare to share, from communis common

Examples

to communicate with sb
与某人联络
I need to communicate with him about the final version of the plan.
我需要与他沟通有关计划最终版本的事情。
I use e-mail everyday to communicate with my friends and family.
我每天用电子邮件与朋友和家人交流。
The right to communicate privately and interpersonally is hardly disputed.
人们私下的和公开的通讯权利是几乎是无可争辩的。
Parents and children need to learn how to communicate feelings to each other.
父母和孩子之间需要学会如何向彼此表达感情。

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