commune

commune1
[ˈkɒmjuːn]
noun
  1. a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities
    共同生活的人群
    ■a communal settlement in a communist country
    (共产主义国家的)公社
  2. the smallest French territorial division for administrative purposes
    (法国的)最小地方行政区,市镇
    ■a similar division elsewhere
    (其他地方的)最小地方行政区,市镇
  3. (the Commune)the group which seized the municipal government of Paris in the French Revolution and played a leading part in the Reign of Terror until suppressed in 1794
    (法国大革命时期夺取巴黎自治政权并领导了雅各宾专政,于1794年被镇压的)巴黎革命委员会,巴黎公社
    ■(亦作 the Paris Commune)the municipal government organized on communalistic principles elected in Paris in 1871. It was soon brutally suppressed by government troops
    巴黎公社(1871年在巴黎选举出的公社制地方自治政权,不久即被政府军队残酷镇压)
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (in sense 2): from French, from medieval Latin communia, neuter plural of Latin communis (see common)

commune2
[kəˈmjuːn]
verb
  1. [no obj.](commune with)share one's intimate thoughts or feelings with (someone or something), especially when the exchange is on a spiritual level
    (精神上)沟通,推心置腹;神交;谈心
    the purpose of praying is to commune with God.
    祈祷的目的是与上帝神交。
    ■feel in close spiritual contact with
    (精神上)与…很亲近(或亲密)
    he spent an hour communing with nature on the bank of a stream.
    他在河岸边呆了一个小时,沉醉于大自然中。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French comuner 'to share', from comun (see common)
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