commute的意思|commute的解释-里氏词典

Commute \Com*mute"\, v. i.
1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to
effect a commutation.

He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he
is bound to pay his vow in kind. --Jer. Taylor.

2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by
part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

3. to travel regularly from a place of residence to another
place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often,
such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby
city; as, to commute to work.
[PJC]

Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Commuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare,
-mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See {Mutation}.]
1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place
of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a
greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to
lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to
one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to
commute charges for fares.

The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to
those two elements, it was certainly more natural to
call beings participating of the first ``watery'',
and the last ``fiery'', than to commute the terms,
and call them by the reverse. --J. Harris

The utmost that could be obtained was that her
sentence should be commuted from burning to
beheading. --Macaulay.

Although the bridge is back in the commute loop, workbound motorists aren't going to have much of a picnic on Monday because important freeway connections on both sides of the bay are still knocked out.
They also hired a helicopter so they could commute between Antibes, France, and Monte Carlo.
Realizing that many first-time buyers are willing to trade a long commute for a home of their own, these developers are now building on inexpensive land previously considered too remote for tract housing.
Commuters use the bridge to reach jobs in Montreal. Their 30-minute commute now takes up to two hours because they have to cross the river at another bridge.
The Dutch government Friday also urged South Africa to commute the death sentences.
While Israeli authorities have tried to cope with Arabs who live in the occupied territories but commute daily to jobs in Israel, several problems and distortions remain, Blanchard said.
Chicago & North Western commuters, who endured hours of delays in their last ride with the railway, enjoyed a much smoother commute today, a railroad spokesman said.
According to a recent Bicycling magazine poll, 33 million people would sometimes commute by bicycle if there were safe bike lanes alongside roads and highways.
He can also commute death sentences and issue reprieves without explanation.
Suppose, for instance, you plan to commute by car to a new job.
In the best of times, the Bay Bridge is the worst commute in the region, often experiencing back-ups of 20 to 30 minutes or more.
He hopes young Chinese-Americans would be willing to commute to nearby Sacramento and Stockton while helping to keep Locke's cultural heritage alive.
The two regional express lines paralyzed since Monday usually carry more than 600,000 of the roughly 10 million people who commute to Paris by bus, train or car.
Mothers became "weekday widows" when their husbands were forced to commute to jobs several hundred miles away.
But some 3.5 million people nationwide commute by bicycle at least occasionally, more than double the 1.5 million who biked to the office in 1983, according to a survey by the Bicycle Institute of America, a trade group based in Washington.
The group also suggested the possibility of Hong Kong industry using workers that commute daily from China.
The fall of the Soviet empire has helped the rise of Istanbul as an international economic and diplomatic centre. Istanbul businessmen commute regularly to the new Turkish- speaking capitals of Baku and Tashkent.
He will look at this request in the same way." Gardner, a Democrat, has used his clemency powers only once since taking office in 1984, and that was to commute the sentence of a woman who said she had been battered.
This morning's commute went "perfectly," said Chris Knapton, a spokesman for Metra, the Chicago-area commuter rail agency that buys service from C&NW.
Both work for a small machine-tool manufacturer located in west Berlin. More than 380,200 people commute from the eastern to the west German states -120,000 coming from east Berlin.
Previously only King Hussein could commute military sentences.
As a friend noted: "This is a car that you wouldn't mind riding in, even if you had a horrendous commute.
Bentley said area employers already are advertising for displaced Avtex workers, though the new jobs will likely pay lower wages, involve a longer commute and offer fewer benefits.
Rosenblatt is resigning because the commute between the magazine's headquarters in Washington and his home in New York was disrupting his family life, Ms. Bushkin said.
We like to demonstrate to the employers we consult for that there are many routes you can take in helping staff with childcare. 'In London most parents find their own commute to work bad enough without inflicting it upon their children.
The Kahnawake barriers sparked an angry reaction from local residents who saw their 20-minute commute to Montreal grow to two hours.
An average-size house of about 960 square feet about an hour's commute from central Tokyo costs $316,000. Inside Tokyo, prices shoot above $632,000 for houses and about $378,000 for smaller condominium apartments.
Former President Richard Nixon plans to move his office from Manhattan to New Jersey to avoid what is becoming an intolerable commute, his spokesman said.
Those who are wealthy enough to commute are gradually moving out of the Brussels region, to set up home just over the border in Flanders where taxes are lower.
The Kuwaiti news agency said the crisis ended "without any deal" but there were reports that Kuwait agreed to commute the sentences of the three men among the 17 who have been sentenced to death.

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