2019.07.18

周四 Thursday

Commute
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v. （搭乘車(chē)、船等）通勤

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Google announced a new feature that will help you avoid crowded buses -- at least if you have a choice of when to commute.

谷歌宣布了一項(xiàng)新功能，能幫助你避開(kāi)擁擠的公交車(chē)--如果你可以選擇通勤時(shí)間的話(huà)。

Google Maps for Android and iOS is receiving an update that gives you information on how crowded a bus typically is at the time of day when you’re planning to ride it. For instance, it might say that there’s “usually standing room only” if the bus is crowded.?

谷歌地圖在安卓和iOS設(shè)備上做了一次更新，能提供信息，告訴你在你準(zhǔn)備出行的時(shí)段，公交車(chē)通常有多擠。比如說(shuō)，如果公交車(chē)很擠的話(huà)，谷歌地圖可能會(huì)說(shuō)“通常只有供站立的位置了”。

The feature reminds me a bit of another, where Google can tell you if the establishment you’re about to visit, like a restaurant, is typically crowded at that time of day and if you can expect to wait.

這項(xiàng)功能讓我想起了一些其他的東西，谷歌可以告訴你你要去的地方那個(gè)時(shí)段是否擁擠，你是否需要等待，比如說(shuō)餐館。

The update also includes new information on delays, like if the bus is a few minutes behind in traffic. Now you’ll know that it’s still coming.

這次更新也包括了新的有關(guān)延誤的信息，比如公交車(chē)是否要晚到幾分鐘。現(xiàn)在你就會(huì)知道公交車(chē)還在路上了。

Google already had information on arrivals for subways, trains and buses in cities that provide it with public information, but now it’s offering this in other cities with traffic data it gathers on its own. The feature is available in 200 cities around the world, Google said.

谷歌已經(jīng)有一些城市的地鐵、火車(chē)、公交車(chē)到達(dá)信息了，這些城市會(huì)為之提供公共信息，但是現(xiàn)在谷歌在提供其他城市的交通數(shù)據(jù)，這些數(shù)據(jù)是谷歌自己收集的。谷歌稱(chēng)，這項(xiàng)功能在世界上200個(gè)城市中可用。

To try these features, simply launch Google Maps on your iPhone or Android device and then plan a bus route. If you don’t see the information yet, it might not be rolled out to your location yet.

要使用這項(xiàng)功能的話(huà)，只需打開(kāi)你蘋(píng)果或是安卓設(shè)備上的谷歌地圖，然后規(guī)劃公交路線。如果你現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有看到信息，那可能是還沒(méi)有覆蓋到你所在的區(qū)域。

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今日詞匯

?Commute
?[k?'mj?t]?
v. （搭乘車(chē)、船等）通勤

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She commutes between Liss and London.

她每天要往返于利斯和倫敦之間。

We chose to live out of town and commute to work every day.??

我們決意住在城外,每天通勤上班。