commune

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com·mune1 /ˈkɒmjuːn $ ˈkɑː-, kəˈmjuːn/ noun [countableC]

1 SHAREa group of people who live together and who share the work and their possessions 〔生活在一起、分享财产、分担职责的〕群居团体，社区

a hippie commune

嬉皮士群体

2. PGthe smallest unit of local government in countries such as France and Belgium 市镇〔法国和比利时等国最小的地方行政区〕

3. TAa group of people in a Communist country who work as a team on a farm, and give what they produce to the state 〔共产主义国家的〕公社

Examples from the Corpus

commune• For example, communes have difficulty in coping with adolescent children.• The place was a lot cleaner than in commune days.• a religious commune• Even the most eager activists of 1965 soon headed for the hills of Santa Barbara and the communes of Vermont.• During the commune heydays of the early 1970s, the ranch collected a typically renegade group of cultural misfits.• The income of the communes and cities in that year was 229 billion dinars.• This covered the extraction of gold-bearing deposits beneath territory belonging to the commune of Régina.• The commune was doomed by the spread of market relations and the peasantry were becoming divided between capitalists and propertyless rural labourers.

com·mune2 /kəˈmjuːn/ verb

1 commune with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v formal

a) to communicate with a person, god, or animal, especially in a mysterious spiritual way 和…交流〔尤指以神秘的、心灵上的方式与人、神或动物进行交流〕

b) commune with nature to spend time outside in a natural place, enjoying it in a quiet peaceful way 与大自然交流

Take time to relax and commune with nature.

花点时间放松一下，去和大自然融为一体。

Examples from the Corpus

commune with nature• Can you spare as little as half an hour each day to unwind or to commune with nature?• Instead of living, the church peddled dogmas; instead of communing with nature, it recited lifeless history.• When this happened, one left him alone to commune with nature or whatever it was he wished to do.

Examples from the Corpus

commune• Intimacy is marked by cycles of encounter and withdrawal which ideally involve trusting in absence, as well as communing in each other's presence.• Like Moses, they climb their mountains alone, communing with creation if not the creator.• It is a place to commune with other women.• I felt we were communing with something deeper than words.• By refusing to let them in the house, you will help them commune with the elements.• I come to commune with the sea.• Having communed with their beginnings they wanted to die where they were without enduring the day ahead of them.

From Longman Business Dictionary

communecom·mune /ˈkɒmjuːnˈkɑː-, kəˈmjuːn/ noun [countableC]

1COMMERCEa group of people who live and work together and share what they produce

2FARMINGa group of people who work together on a farm owned by the state, and give what they produce to the state

the communes of China

3ECONOMICSthe smallest division of local government in countries such as France and Belgium

The Auvergne is divided into four Departments which are organised into Cantons and ultimately consist of 1,308 Communes.

Origin commune1

(1600-1700) French Medieval Latin communia, from Latin communis; → COMMON1

commune2

(1300-1400) Old French communier, from Latin communicare; → COMMUNICATE

com·mune1 nouncom·mune2 verb