traffic
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Traffic refers to all the vehicles that are moving along the roads in a particular area. 交通[also 'the' N]
There was heavy traffic on the roads. 路上的交通很擁擠。
Traffic was unusually light for that time of day. 交通在白天的那個時段有些異常地順暢。
2. N-UNCOUNT Traffic refers to the movement of ships, trains, or aircraft between one place and another. Traffic also refers to the people and goods that are being transported. 運(yùn)輸; 人流; 貨流
Air traffic had returned to normal. 空中交通已恢復(fù)正常。
3. N-UNCOUNT Trafficin something such as drugs or stolen goods is an illegal trade in them. (毒品或贓物等的) 非法買賣
...the widespread traffic in stolen cultural artefacts. …被盜文物非法買賣泛濫。
4. V-I Someone who traffics in something such as drugs or stolen goods buys and sells them even though it is illegal to do so. 從事 (毒品或贓物等的) 非法買賣
The president said illegal drugs are hurting the entire world and anyone who traffics in them should be brought to justice. 總統(tǒng)說毒品正在危害全世界，毒品非法交易者都應(yīng)該繩之以法。
5. traffickingN-UNCOUNT 非法買賣
He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug trafficking. 他被指控販毒，被判10年徒刑。
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traffic /?tr?f?k/ (trafficking,trafficked,traffics)
劍橋詞典
- Sorry I'm late, I got held up in traffic.
- There was a police officer directing the traffic.
- The council is to examine ways of reducing traffic in the city centre .
- The traffic was quite light so we got through London quickly .
- I don't want a load of traffic going past my house all night , keeping me awake .
traffic noun [U] (VEHICLES)
the number of vehicles moving along roads , or the amount of aircraft , trains , or ships moving along a route交通流量
There was heavy /a lot of traffic on the roads this morning . 今天早晨道路上車流量很大。
We got stuck in traffic for several hours . 我們碰上交通阻塞被堵了好幾個小時。
New measures have been introduced to try and ease traffic congestion in the city . 這個城市已經(jīng)采取了新措施，試圖緩解交通擁堵。
Five people were injured in a traffic accident (= one involving vehicles ). 有5人在交通事故中受傷。
US I heard about the accident on the traffic report on the radio this morning . 我在今早電臺的交通節(jié)目中聽到了這起事故。
Air traffic has increased 30 percent in the last decade . 在過去的10年里，空中交通量增加了30%。
people or goods transported by road , air , train , or ship , as a business
運(yùn)輸量
The airline halved its overseas service because of a sharp reduction in traffic. 該航空公司因運(yùn)輸量驟降而削減了一半的海外業(yè)務(wù)。
Environmental groups want more passenger and freight traffic moved off the roads and onto trains . 環(huán)保團(tuán)體想要把更多的客運(yùn)和貨運(yùn)業(yè)務(wù)從公路轉(zhuǎn)移到鐵路上。
例句
traffic noun [U] (TRADE)
illegal trade
非法交易
to cut down the traffic in drugs /the drug traffic 打擊毒品買賣
Police are looking for ways of curbing the traffic in guns . 警方正在想方設(shè)法遏制非法槍支交易。 返回 traffic