n.(名词)

1. 社会
2. 共有，共用
3. 社区，公社，集体，群社
4. 共同体，共同组织
5. 一致
6. 团体
7. 公众
8. 共同社会
9. 乡镇，村落，村社
10. 【生】群落
11. 联营（机构）

adj.(形容词)

1. 社区的
2. 社会的
3. 团体的
4. 公众的
5. 共有的，共享的

n.(名词)

1. [C]社区,社会; 团体 a group of people living together and〔or〕 united by shared interests, religion, nationality, etc.
2. [S]大众,公众 the public; people in general
3. [U]共有,共享 sharp possession

Noun:

1. a group of people living in a particular local area;

   "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
   

2. common ownership;

   "they shared a community of possessions"
   

3. a group of nations having common interests;

   "they hoped to join the NATO community"
   

4. agreement as to goals;

   "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
   

5. a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

6. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

1.(同住一地的人所构成的)社区
The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.

community

e.g. He's well liked by people in thecommunity...
社区的人都非常喜欢他。
e.g. 'Thecommunity are getting impatient,' said a representative of the Residents' Association...
“社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。

2.群体;团体
A particularcommunity is a group of people who are similar in some way.

e.g. The police haven't really done anything for the blackcommunity in particular.
警方并未真正特意为黑人群体做什么。
e.g. ...the businesscommunity.
商界

3.(不同人士、团体之间的)友谊，伙伴关系
community is friendship between different people or groups, and a sense of having something in common.

e.g. A supportive house for eight to ten older people, each with his or her own room, provides privacy and a sense ofcommunity...
一幢扶助性住宅可供8至10位老人居住，每个人都有自己单独的房间，在这里，他们既能独处，又有社区归属感。
e.g. Two of our greatest strengths are diversity andcommunity.
我们最大的两个优势是多样性和团体精神。

1. Our community has its own library.
   我们的社区有自己的图书馆。
2. He refuses to join any community.
   他不参加任何团体。
3. This is a good community in which to bring up children.
   这是一个让孩子成长的好环境。
4. The job of a politician is to serve the whole community.
   政治家的职责是为全体大众服务。
5. The two men were united by community of interests.
   共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

• They live in small communities or hunting bands.

  出自：C. G. Seligman

• The Thespians gave me..the sense of belonging, of being part of a community.

  出自：J. Braine

• We were an ordered little unit.., a Protestant enclave in a Catholic community.

  出自：Day Lewis

Laid off-(下岗)

A：What’s wrong?
出什么事了？

B：I got laid off today.
我今天下岗了。

A：Oh no! That’s terrible!
哦，天。真是糟糕。

B：Yeah.
是呀。

A：What happened?
怎么会这样？

B：My boss said I didn’t have enough skills to do the job well.
我的老板说我不具备足够的技能做好我的工作。

community

A：What are you going to do?
那你打算怎么办？

B：I’m going to start taking classes at the localcommunity college to try to improve my skills. Then I’ll start looking for a new position.
我打算在本地的社区大学学习，以此来提高自己的技能。然后我会开始找一份新的工作。

Skating-(滑冰)

A：Hey John, nice skates. Are they new?
你好，约翰，冰鞋真漂亮。新的吗？

community

B：Yeah, I just got them. I started playing ice hockey in acommunity league. So, I finally got myself new skates.
是呀，我刚买的。我开始在一个社团打冰球。所以，终于给自己买了一双新的冰鞋。

A：What position do you play?
你打什么位置？

B：I’m a defender. It’s a lot of fun. You don’t have to be able to skate as fast on defense.
打后卫。真是很有趣。而且打后卫溜冰速度不用很快。

community的意思

A：Yeah, you’re a pretty big guy. I play goalie, myself.
是的，你是个大块头，我是守门员。

B：Oh, yeah? Which team?
噢，是吗？哪一个队？

community的反义词

A：The Rockets.
火箭队的。

B：Really? I think we play you guys next week. Well, I have to go to practice. See you later.
真的吗？我想下个星期是我们和你们比赛，好了，我要去练习了，以后见。

A：All right, see you later.
好的，再见。

Here is a local Jewish community.

这是当地犹太人的一个社区。

Everyone should invest some time in community service.

每个人都应该花些时间在社区服务上。

community colleges have become popular and their enrollments have increased rapidly.

社区大学日渐增多，报名人数迅速增长。

The international community forbids use of any chemical weapons.

国际社会禁止使用一切化学武器。

The welfare of the community is the same as the welfare of its members.

社会的福利就等于其成员的福利。

His action was interpreted as constituting a threat to the community.

他的行为被理解为是对公众的威胁。

The political community is composed of a number of diverse economic and functional groups.

政治共同体由一系列在经济上和功能上不同的团体组成。

He refuses to join any community.

他不参加任何团体。

He is ill reputed in the business community.

他在商界名声不好。

There is a strong sense of community in this town.

这个镇上有一种强烈的社区意识。

The appearance of the ecological community can vary depending on the time of year.

生态群落的形态可能会根据一年之内时间的不同而变化。

(North Amercian English) community parks'/libraries (= paid for by the local town'/city)

社区公园 / 图书馆

The local community was shocked by the murders.

当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。

health workers based in the community (= working with people in a local area)

以社区为基地的保健工作人员

the international community (= the countries of the world as a group)

国际社会

good community relations with the police

社区与警方之间的良好关系

the Polish community in London

在伦敦的波兰侨民团体

ethnic communities

种族团体

the farming community

农业界

There is a strong sense of community in this town.

这个镇上有一种强烈的社区意识。

community spirit

团体精神

He's well liked by people in the community...

社区的人都非常喜欢他。

'The community are getting impatient,' said a representative of the Residents' Association...

“社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。

The police haven't really done anything for the black community in particular.

警方并未真正特意为黑人群体做什么。

...the business community.

商界

A supportive house for eight to ten older people, each with his or her own room, provides privacy and a sense of community...

一幢扶助性住宅可供8至10位老人居住，每个人都有自己单独的房间，在这里，他们既能独处，又有社区归属感。

Two of our greatest strengths are diversity and community.

我们最大的两个优势是多样性和团体精神。

What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

He refuses to join any community.

他不参加任何团体.

The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.

全体居民出动除四害.

He succeeded in negotiating Britain into the European community.

他通过谈判成功地使英国进入了欧洲共同体.

The local community was shocked by the murders.

当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。

In rural areas, the school is often the focal point for the local community.

在农村，学校常常是当地社区的活动中心。

the local Jewish community

当地的犹太人群体

The relationship between the police and the local community has improved.

警察和当地民众之间的关系已经得到改善。

They said Mr Jenkins should make balanced programmes about the Black community or move over and let someone else who can.

他们说，詹金斯先生应该针对黑人社区制订协调计划，或干脆离职，把位置让给能谋此政的人。

Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students.

当下时局艰难，一些社区学院被迫停止招生。

This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community.

这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。

n.(名词)

community, society

这两个词的共同意思是“社会”,在作有共同职业、爱好的“团体”“社团”解时,两词可互换使用。例如:

The medical workers formed a society〔community〕.医务工作者成立了一个团体。

两者区别在于：

1.society意为“社会”“社会阶层”,是普通用语,语义范围比community广泛,泛指全人类的社会,普遍的社会各阶层,侧重人文概念。

2.community指由同住一地区或同一国的人所构成的“社区”“社会”,侧重地理概念。例如:

Our community has its own library.我们的社区有自己的图书馆。

This is the only shop in the village community.这是本社区唯一的商店。

• ☆ 15世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的communit；最初源自古典拉丁语的communitatem，意为社区，团体。