traffic
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Traffic refers to all the vehicles that are moving along the roads in a particular area. 交通[also 'the' N]
There was heavy traffic on the roads. 路上的交通很拥挤。
Traffic was unusually light for that time of day. 交通在白天的那个时段有些异常地顺畅。
2. N-UNCOUNT Traffic refers to the movement of ships, trains, or aircraft between one place and another. Traffic also refers to the people and goods that are being transported. 运输; 人流; 货流
Air traffic had returned to normal. 空中交通已恢复正常。
3. N-UNCOUNT Trafficin something such as drugs or stolen goods is an illegal trade in them. (毒品或赃物等的) 非法买卖
...the widespread traffic in stolen cultural artefacts. …被盗文物非法买卖泛滥。
4. V-I Someone who traffics in something such as drugs or stolen goods buys and sells them even though it is illegal to do so. 从事 (毒品或赃物等的) 非法买卖
The president said illegal drugs are hurting the entire world and anyone who traffics in them should be brought to justice. 总统说毒品正在危害全世界，毒品非法交易者都应该绳之以法。
5. traffickingN-UNCOUNT 非法买卖
He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug trafficking. 他被指控贩毒，被判10年徒刑。
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traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ (trafficking,trafficked,traffics)
剑桥词典
- Sorry I'm late, I got held up in traffic.
- There was a police officer directing the traffic.
- The council is to examine ways of reducing traffic in the city centre .
- The traffic was quite light so we got through London quickly .
- I don't want a load of traffic going past my house all night , keeping me awake .
traffic noun [U] (VEHICLES)
the number of vehicles moving along roads , or the amount of aircraft , trains , or ships moving along a route交通流量
There was heavy /a lot of traffic on the roads this morning . 今天早晨道路上车流量很大。
We got stuck in traffic for several hours . 我们碰上交通阻塞被堵了好几个小时。
New measures have been introduced to try and ease traffic congestion in the city . 这个城市已经采取了新措施，试图缓解交通拥堵。
Five people were injured in a traffic accident (= one involving vehicles ). 有5人在交通事故中受伤。
US I heard about the accident on the traffic report on the radio this morning . 我在今早电台的交通节目中听到了这起事故。
Air traffic has increased 30 percent in the last decade . 在过去的10年里，空中交通量增加了30%。
people or goods transported by road , air , train , or ship , as a business
运输量
The airline halved its overseas service because of a sharp reduction in traffic. 该航空公司因运输量骤降而削减了一半的海外业务。
Environmental groups want more passenger and freight traffic moved off the roads and onto trains . 环保团体想要把更多的客运和货运业务从公路转移到铁路上。
例句
traffic noun [U] (TRADE)
illegal trade
非法交易
to cut down the traffic in drugs /the drug traffic 打击毒品买卖
Police are looking for ways of curbing the traffic in guns . 警方正在想方设法遏制非法枪支交易。 返回 traffic