community
n. 社会(团体); 共有; (生物)群落
The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
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。
A particular community is a group of people who are similar in some way.
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
Community is friendship between different people or groups, and a sense of having something in common.
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。
1. a group of people living in a particular local area;
2. a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common;
3. common ownership;
4. a group of nations having common interests;
5. the body of people in a learned occupation;
6. agreement as to goals;
7. a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
8. (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
the international community
国际社会
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。