telecommunication

noun

/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/

(also informal telecom

/ˈtelikɒm/

/ˈtelikɑːm/

)

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telecommunications, informal telecoms
/ˈtelikɒmz/

/ˈtelikɑːmz/
[uncountable] the technology of sending signals, images and messages over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.電信；電訊
- technological developments in telecommunications電信技術的發展
- the telecommunications industry電信業
Extra Examples
- Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT日本電信巨頭日本電報電話公司
- a public telecommunications system公共電信系統
- modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks對他們的郵政和電信網絡進行現代化改造
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- global
- national
- world
- …
telecommunications + noun
- infrastructure
- network
- services
- …
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[uncountable] communication over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.通過無線電、電話、電視、衛星等進行遠距離通信。
- Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.數字電信有很多值得推薦的。
- a telecommunication company電信公司
[countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.電信：通過無線電，電話等在遠距離發送的消息。
- It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.一個人故意截取電訊是違法的。

Word Origin1930s: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.

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