commute
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 交换，折偿，减轻
- vi.
- 代偿，经常乘车来往
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←拉丁语 commūtō
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin commūtō.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen.
- (intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
- (transitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
词族
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词源说明
From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment.