communicate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they communicate | |
| he / she / it communicates | |
| past simple communicated | |
| past participle communicated | |
| -ing form communicating |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to share or exchange information, news, ideas, feelings, etc. （与某人）交流（信息或消息、意见等）；沟通 We only communicate by email. 我们只是互通电邮。 They communicated in sign language. 他们用手语沟通。 Candidates must be able to communicate effectively. 候选人必须善于有效地表达自己。 - communicate with somebody/something
Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other. 海豚用声音相互沟通。 Direct marketing allows a firm to communicate directly with its customers. 直接营销允许公司直接与客户沟通。 - communicate something
In times of uncertainty, a leader must be able to communicate a message of hope. 在不确定的时候，领导者必须能够传达希望的信息。 Language evolved as a means of communicating information between individuals. 语言是作为个人之间交流信息的一种手段进化而来的。 - communicate something to somebody
He was eager to communicate his ideas to the group. 他急于把他的想法传达给小组。 Her nervousness was communicating itself to the children. 她紧张不安的情绪传递给了孩子们。 - communicate how/what, etc…
They failed to communicate what was happening and why. 他们没说清楚当时发生了什么以及起因是什么。
Synonyms talktalk- discuss
- speak
- communicate
- debate
- consult
- talk to speak in order to give information, express feelings or share ideas:
We talked on the phone for over an hour. 我们在电话里谈了一个多小时。
- discuss (rather formal
) to talk and share ideas on a subject or problem with other people, especially in order to decide something: 指谈论、讨论、商量： Have you discussed the problem with anyone? 你与谁商量过这个问题吗？
- speak to talk to somebody about something; to have a conversation with somebody:
I’ve spoken to the manager about it. 那件事我已经和经理谈过了。 ‘Can I speak to Susan?’ ‘Speaking.’ (= at the beginning of a phone conversation) “请让苏珊接电话好吗？”“我就是。”
talk or speak? 用 talk 还是 speak？ - communicate (rather formal
) to exchange information or ideas with somebody: 指与某人交流信息或意见： We only communicate by email. 我们只是互通电邮。 Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other. 海豚用声音相互沟通。
- debate to discuss something, especially formally, before making a decision or finding a solution:
Politicians will be debating the bill later this week. 政界将在本周晚些时候讨论这项议案。
- consult (rather formal
) to discuss something with somebody in order to get their permission for something, or to help you make a decision: 指（与某人）商议、商量（以得到许可或帮助决策）： You shouldn’t have done it without consulting me. 你不该不和我商量就做。
- to talk/discuss something/speak/communicate/debate/consult with somebody
- to talk/speak to somebody
- to talk/speak to somebody/consult somebody about something
- to talk/speak of something
Extra ExamplesBy this age most children have begun to communicate verbally. 到这个年龄，大多数孩子就开始通过语言进行交流了。 Newspapers are an important way of communicating information. 报纸是传播信息的重要方式。 She is unable to communicate her ideas to other people. 她无法把自己的想法传达给其他人。 We communicated through an interpreter. 我们通过传译员交流。 We usually communicate by letter. 我们通常书信联络。 Nobody had communicated the information to us. 没有人把这个信息告诉我们。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- effectively
- successfully
- …
- by
- through
- to
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- [intransitive]
to have a good relationship because you are able to understand and talk about your own and other people’s thoughts, feelings, etc. 沟通 His inability to communicate has damaged their relationship beyond repair. 他无法沟通，这损害了他们无法修复的关系。 - communicate with somebody
The novel is about a family who can't communicate with each other. 这部小说写的是一个成员间彼此无法沟通的家庭。 couples who communicate well with one another 相互间沟通良好的夫妇
- [transitive, usually passive] communicate something
to pass a disease from one person, animal, etc. to another 传染；传播 - [intransitive]
if two rooms communicate, they are next to each other and you can get from one to the other 相通；相连 a communicating door (= one that connects two rooms) 连通门
exchange information交流信息
in a relationship
disease疾病
of two rooms两个房间
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin communicat- ‘shared’, from the verb communicare ‘to share’, from communis ‘common’.