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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commute \Com*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commuted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare
   to change. See {Mutation}.]
   To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of,
   as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater,
   or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to
   diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of
   imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges
   for fares.

         The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those
         two elements, it was certainly more natural to call
         beings participating of the first ``watery'', and the
         last ``fiery'', than to commute the terms, and call
         them by the reverse.                     --J. Harris

         The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence
         should be commuted from burning to beheading.
                                                  --Macaulay.

Commute \Com*mute"\, v. i.
   1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to
      effect a commutation.

            He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he
            is bound to pay his vow in kind.      --Jer. Taylor.

   2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by
      part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

资料来源 : WordNet®

commute
     v 1: transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators
          commute with each other" [syn: {transpose}]
     2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of
        work and home [syn: {travel back and forth}]
     3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
        transpose letters in a word" [syn: {permute}, {transpose}]
     4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: {convert}, {exchange}]
     5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind
        or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";
        "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
        "convert holdings into shares" [syn: {change}, {exchange},
         {convert}]