telecommunication
noun /ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
(also informal telecom
/ˈtelikɒm/
/ˈtelikɑːm/
)- telecommunications, informal telecoms[uncountable] the technology of sending signals, images and messages over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc./ˈtelikɒmz//ˈtelikɑːmz/
电信；电讯 - technological developments in telecommunications
电信技术的发展 - the telecommunications industry
电信业
- Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT
日本电信巨头日本电报电话公司 - a public telecommunications system
公共电信系统 - modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks
对他们的邮政和电信网络进行现代化改造
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- global
- national
- world
- …
- infrastructure
- network
- services
- …
- technological developments in telecommunications
- [uncountable] communication over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.
通过无线电、电话、电视、卫星等进行远距离通信。 - Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.
数字电信有很多值得推荐的。 - a telecommunication company
电信公司
- Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.
- [countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.
电信： 通过无线电，电话等在远距离发送的消息。- It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.
一个人故意截取电讯是违法的。
- It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.
词源1930s: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.