commute
commute
verb
commuter
noun
verb
- [no obj.]travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis
通勤；经常在家和工作地点之间往返
he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town.
他经常往返于科比和肯蒂什镇之间。 - [with obj.]reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one
减（刑，尤指死刑）
the head of state commuted the sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment.
国家元首将判决减轻为15年有期徒刑。
■(commute something for/into)change one kind of payment or obligation for (another)
兑换；改变；折偿，代偿
tithes were commuted into an annual sum varying with the price of corn.
农产品什一税由一笔随谷物价格变化的年度总金额数代偿。
■replace (an annuity or other series of payments) with a single payment
折合偿付，折算
if he had commuted some of his pension he would have received £330,000.
如果折合偿付他的部分养老金的话，他将得到330,000英镑。 - [no obj.](Mathematics)(of two operations or quantities) have a commutative relation
(数)（两个运算，两个量）可交换
operators which do not commute with each other.
不能相互交换的算符。
- a regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work
通勤；上下班交通路程
commuter
noun
- （限义项1）
- late Middle English (in the sense 'interchange (two things)'): from Latin commutare, from com- 'altogether' + mutare 'to change'. Sense 1 originally meant to buy and use a commutation ticket, the US term for a season ticket (because the daily fare is commuted to a single payment)
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