美国总统布什上星期宣布给利比减刑。媒体报道说,"Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2 year prison term, calling the sentence 'excessive'," 意思是布什减轻了利比两年半的刑期,理由是利比被判的刑期太长。好的,今天我们学习的词是commute...
1 commute
vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
参考例句:
I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
2 commuted
通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 ); 减(刑); 代偿
参考例句:
His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。