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单词 community chests
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community /kə-mūˈni-ti/

noun
  1. A body of people in the same locality
  2. The public in general
  3. People having common rights, etc
  4. A body of people leading a common life, or under socialistic or similar organization
  5. A group of people who have common interests, characteristics or culture
  6. A monastic body
  7. Any group of plants growing together under natural conditions and forming a recognizable sort of vegetation
  8. A common possession or enjoyment
  9. Agreement
  10. Communion
  11. Commonness (archaic)
adjective

Of, for or by a local community

ORIGIN: OFr communité, from L commūnitās, -ātis, from commūnis common

communitāˈrian noun

  1. A member of a community
  2. An advocate of living in communities

communitāˈrianism noun

A political theory stressing the individual's role in the community

community architect noun

An architect employed to design buildings in consultation with the local community

community card noun (poker)

A card that can be used by any player to help form a hand

community care noun

(responsibility for) the provision of social and welfare services to eg sick or old people in their own homes by local organizations rather than large institutions such as hospitals or old people's homes

community centre noun

A place where members of a community may meet for social and other activities

community charge noun

A tax replacing the rating system, itself replaced by the council tax, levied to pay for local government services and facilities, poll tax

community chest noun (US)

A fund of voluntary contributions for local welfare

community college noun

  1. A secondary school that also acts as an adult educational and recreational centre for an urban area (cf village college)
  2. A public junior college offering two-year courses to students (N American)

community council noun

A lay body elected to look after local interests

community health noun

Preventive health services, including the surveillance of special groups (children, the elderly, etc) in their homes, at special clinics, etc

community home noun

The successor to the approved school (see under approve1)

community medicine noun

The branch of medicine concerned with public health

community nurse noun

A nurse (eg a health visitor, district nurse or midwife) employed by a local health authority to visit patients in their own homes, staff various clinics, etc

community physician noun

A physician, appointed by the local health authority, with administrative responsibility for the medical and social welfare of an area (also public health physician)

community policing noun

The provision of police officers in an area who are either from the area or are well-known to the residents

community property noun

Property owned equally by each partner in a marriage

community radio noun

Broadcasts made from stations independent of local radio, aimed at involving people in their own community, and serving specialist groups, eg ethnic minorities, jazz enthusiasts, etc

community relations plural noun

  1. The relationships, interactions and conflicts existing between different ethnic, social, political or religious groups in an area
  2. The process or work of reconciling or mediating with these groups

community school noun

A school that is open outside school hours for the use and recreation of the community

community service noun

Unpaid work for the community, eg that done by minor criminals as an alternative to imprisonment under a community-service order

community singing noun

Organized singing by a large gathering of people

community spirit noun

The sense of belonging to, and participating in, a (local) community

community work noun

A form of social work based on the needs of local communities

community worker noun

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