1the community [sing] all the people who live in a particular place, area, etc when considered as a group 社会;小区:
Recent increases in crime have disturbed the whole community.最近区内罪案增加,居民都颇为担忧。
2 [C] [with.sop] a group of people who have sth in common 有某种共同之处的群体:
the Asian community in Britain英国的亚洲裔居民the business community商界
3 [U] the feeling of belonging to a group in the place where you live 归属感:
There is a strong sense of community in the neighbourhood.区内居民有一种强烈的归属感。
community/kəˋmjunətI; kəˈmjuːnəti or kəˈmjuːnIti/n [C also + plural verb BrE 英国英语亦用复数动词]plural communities 1 a group of people who live in the same town or area 社区: The library serves the whole community. 这家图书馆服务整个社区。a rural community (=people who live in the country) 一个农村社区the local community 当地社区2 a group of people who are similar in some way, for example because they have the same religion or do the same job〔由有相同宗教信仰﹑干相同工作等的人构成的〕群体﹐团体: ethnic communities 少数民族团体the gay/black/Asian etc community protests from the gay community 来自同性恋群体的抗议the business/academic/scientific etc community 商业界/学术界/科学界等
communitycommunitycommunitiesnoun (pluralcommunities)1all the people who live in a place; the place where they live: Life in a small fishing community is very different from life in a big city.2a group of people who join together, for example because they have the same interests or religion: the Asian community in Britain