时间:2019-01-23 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


英语课

今天我们要学的词是commute 1。 Commute, 有减刑的意思。"The inmate's sentence was commuted 2 from death to life imprisonment," 意思是这名囚犯从死刑被减为无期徒刑。美国副总统切尼的前办公室主任利比今年三月因为向大陪审团做伪证被判处30个月的监禁。


美国总统布什上星期宣布给利比减刑。媒体报道说,"Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2 year prison term, calling the sentence 'excessive'," 意思是布什减轻了利比两年半的刑期,理由是利比被判的刑期太长。好的,今天我们学习的词是commute...



vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 ); 减(刑); 代偿
  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。
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a lump in one's throat
abmortal
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AddressLine
aerotonometry
aluminium piston alloy
antigastrin
arbor virus
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exungulated
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mingxia
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