➡ See also the entry for tourist另見tourist條passenger ♦︎ traveller ♦︎ commuterThese are all words for a person who travels on or in a vehicle.這些詞均表示乘客、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.這輛汽車最多能載五名乘客。◆None of the passengers or crew was injured.沒有乘客或機組人員受傷。◆Airline passengers face steep rises in fares.飛機乘客面臨機票價格大幅上升。■traveller (especially BrE) (NAmE usuallytraveler) [countable] a person who is travelling or who often travels旅行者;旅客;遊客◆He passed the time chatting to his fellow travellers.他和同行的旅客閒聊消磨時間。◆Seasoned travellers(= experienced travellers) know which places to avoid.經驗豐富的旅行者知道要避開哪些地方。 see also travel ⇨ go2■commuter kəˈmjuːtə(r) [countable] a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away(遠距離)上下班往返的人◆The train was packed with commuters.火車上擠滿了上下班的人。◆There has been an increase in the numbers of daily commuters into London.每天乘車去倫敦上班的人數有所增加。◆A commuter plane crashed in heavy fog.一架班機在大霧中墜毀。◆She lives in a small commuter town, 25 miles from San Francisco.她住在一個通勤族聚居的小鎮上,離舊金山25英裏。▸commute
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[intransitive, transitive] ◆She commutes from Cambridge to Boston every day.她每天上下班往返於坎布裏奇和波士頓之間。◆People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.急需工作的人願意長途乘車往返上下班。