| 单词 | communicate |
| 释义 | communicate /keuh myooh"ni kayt'/, v. , communicated, communicating. v.t. 1. to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness. 2. to give to another; impart; transmit: to communicate a disease. 3. to administer the Eucharist to. 4. Archaic. to share in or partake of. v.i. 5. to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, or the like, by writing, speaking, etc.: They communicate with each other every day. 6. to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively. 7. to be joined or connected: The rooms communicated by means of a hallway. 8. to partake of the Eucharist. 9. Obs. to take part or participate. [1520-30; < L communicatus, ptp. of communicare to impart, make common, equiv. to commun(is) COMMON + -icare v. suffix] Syn. 1. divulge, announce, disclose, reveal. COMMUNICATE, IMPART denote giving to a person or thing a part or share of something, now usually something immaterial, as knowledge, thoughts, hopes, qualities, or properties. COMMUNICATE, the more common word, implies often an indirect or gradual transmission: to communicate information by means of letters, telegrams, etc.; to communicate one's wishes to someone else. IMPART usually implies directness of action: to impart information. Ant. 1. withhold, conceal. |
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