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.电信；电讯
- technological developments in telecommunications电信技术的发展
- the telecommunications industry电信业
Extra Examples
- Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT日本电信巨头日本电报电话公司
- a public telecommunications system公共电信系统
- modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks对他们的邮政和电信网络进行现代化改造
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.通过无线电、电话、电视、卫星等进行远距离通信。
- Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.数字电信有很多值得推荐的。
- a telecommunication company电信公司
[countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.电信：通过无线电，电话等在远距离发送的消息。
- It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.一个人故意截取电讯是违法的。

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

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