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

• Sportsmen are performing a public service by bringing the joys of major-league baseball to their communities.
  运动员们正在进行一项公益活动，将打大联盟棒球比赛的快乐带到了社区。
• Our long-suffering mining communities deserve better than this.
  我们长期受苦受难的采矿群体应该得到比这更好的待遇。
• And we will do so in partnership with Muslim communities which are also threatened.
  而且我们将和也遭受威胁的穆斯林共同体一起这么做。
• A great many American campuses and communities have organized special extracurricular activities for students from other countries.
  许多美国校园和社团都为来自其他国家的学生组织了特别的课外活动。
• We pray for their strength as they continue to recover and rebuild their lives and their communities.
  我们祈祷的力量，因为他们继续恢复和重建他们的生活和他们的社区。
• The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries
  数世纪以来，媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。
• 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 began to join up in communities.
  他们开始结成团体。
• 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。
• Both communities have a tradition of keeping history alive.
  两个团体都有延续历史的传统。