late 14c., from Old French comunité "community, commonness, everybody" (Modern French communauté), from Latin communitatem (nominative communitas) "community, society, fellowship, friendly intercourse; courtesy, condescension, affability," from communis "common, public, general, shared by all or many," (see common (adj.)). Latin communitatem "was merely a noun of quality ... meaning 'fellowship, community of relations or feelings,' but in med.L. it was, like universitas, used concretely in the sense of 'a body of fellows or fellow-townsmen' " [OED].
An Old English word for "community" was gemænscipe "community, fellowship, union, common ownership," from mæne "common, public, general," probably composed from the same PIE roots as communis. Community service as a criminal sentence is recorded from 1972, American English. Community college is recorded from 1959.
实用例句
1. There has always been a difference between community radio and commercial radio.
社区广播电台和商业广播电台一直是有区别的。
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2. News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community.
将会裁员160人的消息在该团体中掀起了一阵骚动。
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3. He was now a teacher and a respectable member of the community.
他现在是一位教师，并且是社区内受人尊敬的一员。
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4. The community's links with Syria date back to biblical times.
这个团体与叙利亚的关系可以追溯到《圣经》时代。
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5. Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?
