EXCHANGE INFORMATION 交流信息, [I,T] to exchange information or conversation with other people, using words, signs, writing etc

与〔他人〕交流信息，沟通:

We communicated mostly by e-mail.

我们主要用电子邮件沟通。

People use more than words when they communicate with each other.

人们相互交流时不仅仅使用语言。

The decision was communicated to our staff late in 1998.

这一决定于 1998 年年末传达给了我们的员工。

TELL PEOPLE STH 告诉别人某事, [I,T] to express your thoughts and feelings clearly, so that other people understand them

表达，传达〔思想和感情〕:

A baby communicates its needs by crying.

婴儿用哭声来表达需要。

Without meaning to, she communicated her anxiety to her child.

她无意中向孩子透露了她的焦虑。

His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters.

他的热情传达给了选民。

A teacher must be able to communicate effectively to students.

教师必须能够有效地对学生表达自己的意思。

UNDERSTAND 理解, [I] if two people communicate, they are able to talk about and understand each other's feelings or desires

沟通〔感情或愿望〕:

Many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating.

许多夫妻因为缺乏沟通而生活得很痛苦。

Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate with their teenage children.

父母有时会发觉难以与他们十几岁的孩子交流。

DISEASE 疾病, [T usually passive] to pass a disease from one person or animal to another

传染〔疾病〕;

ROOMS 房间, [I] if rooms or parts of a building communicate, you can get directly to one from the other

〔房间或楼房的不同部分〕相通，相连:

communicating doors

连通门