commute
verb uk/kəˈmjuːt/ us/kəˈmjuːt/
(TRAVEL)
C1 [ I ]上下班往返；往返于工作地点与家之间；通勤
to make the same journey regularly between work and home
It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day. 每天上下班要往返于布赖顿与伦敦之间，令人疲惫不堪。
(CHANGE)
[ T ] formal变换，改变
to change one thing into another
People used to believe that you could commute base metals into gold. 人们过去曾认为能将贱金属变成黄金。
[ T ] finance & economics specialized改变，改换（支付方式）
to exchange one type of payment for a different type
I think I'll commute my life insurance into an annuity. 我想把人寿保险改为年金保险。
[ T ] law specialized减轻（刑罚）
to change a punishment to one that is less severe
Her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 对她的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
commute
noun [ C ] informal uk/kəˈmjuːt/ us/kəˈmjuːt/
上下班往返;往返于工作地点与家之间;通勤
a regular journey between work and home
It's at least an hour's commute to work. 上班路上至少要花1个小时。