communities

英 [kəˈmjuːnɪtiz]

美 [kəmˈjunətiz]

n.  社区; 社会; 团体; 社团; 界; 共享; 共有
community的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL (同住一地的人所构成的)社区
  The communityis all the people who live in a particular area or place.
  1. He's well liked by people in the community...
     社区的人都非常喜欢他。
  2. 'The community are getting impatient,' said a representative of the Residents' Association...
     “社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。
  3. The growth of such vigilante gangs has worried community leaders, police and politicians.
     这类治安维持会成员组成的帮派的壮大让社区领袖、警察和政界人士十分担心。
• N-COUNT-COLL 群体;团体
  A particularcommunityis a group of people who are similar in some way.
  1. The police haven't really done anything for the black community in particular.
     警方并未真正特意为黑人群体做什么。
  2. ...the business community.
     商界
• N-UNCOUNT (不同人士、团体之间的)友谊，伙伴关系
  Communityis friendship between different people or groups, and a sense of having something in common.
  1. A supportive house for eight to ten older people, each with his or her own room, provides privacy and a sense of community...
     一幢扶助性住宅可供8至10位老人居住，每个人都有自己单独的房间，在这里，他们既能独处，又有社区归属感。
  2. Two of our greatest strengths are diversity and community.
     我们最大的两个优势是多样性和团体精神。

双语例句

• The two communities are learning how to resolve their differences.
  这两个社群正在学着如何解决彼此之间的分歧。
• The two communities are now on a collision course
  这两个社区之间现在有可能会发生冲突。
• We're trying to break down barriers between young people from both communities.
  我们正试图消除两个不同社区的年轻人之间的隔阂。
• Communities downstream have been alerted.
  下游的社区已经接到了预警。
• Rural communities are widely separated and often small
  乡村村落彼此离得很远，而且通常规模很小。
• This decade, a series of disasters have destroyed communities and countries.
  在近十年，一系列的灾难破坏了许多地区和国家。
• They have begun dialogues to promote better understanding between both communities
  双方已经开始了对话，以增进两个社群间的彼此了解。
• The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform
  该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
• In some communities there is a particular need to develop tolerance and improve race relations.
  某些社区亟需发扬宽容精神，改善种族关系。
• Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.
  侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。