➡ See also the entry for tourist另见tourist条passenger ♦︎ traveller ♦︎ commuterThese are all words for a person who travels on or in a vehicle.这些词均表示乘客、旅客。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a regular passenger / traveller / commuter◆rail passengers / travellers / commuters◆passenger / commuter fares / services / traffic / trains■passenger [countable] a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it乘客;旅客◆The car can carry up to five passengers.这辆汽车最多能载五名乘客。◆None of the passengers or crew was injured.没有乘客或机组人员受伤。◆Airline passengers face steep rises in fares.飞机乘客面临机票价格大幅上升。■traveller (especially BrE) (NAmE usuallytraveler) [countable] a person who is travelling or who often travels旅行者;旅客;游客◆He passed the time chatting to his fellow travellers.他和同行的旅客闲聊消磨时间。◆Seasoned travellers(= experienced travellers) know which places to avoid.经验丰富的旅行者知道要避开哪些地方。 see also travel ⇨ go2■commuter kəˈmjuːtə(r) [countable] a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away(远距离)上下班往返的人◆The train was packed with commuters.火车上挤满了上下班的人。◆There has been an increase in the numbers of daily commuters into London.每天乘车去伦敦上班的人数有所增加。◆A commuter plane crashed in heavy fog.一架班机在大雾中坠毁。◆She lives in a small commuter town, 25 miles from San Francisco.她住在一个通勤族聚居的小镇上,离旧金山25英里。▸commute
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[intransitive, transitive] ◆She commutes from Cambridge to Boston every day.她每天上下班往返于坎布里奇和波士顿之间。◆People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.急需工作的人愿意长途乘车往返上下班。