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