核心问题
Communications, transportation, manufacturing, mining and exploration, the service industries, medicine, agriculture — all are dominated by methods and apparatus which are the results of technological advances. (研考英语试题)
[原译]交通、运输、制造业、采矿与勘探、服务行业、医药、农业——所有各行业都受到作为技术发展成果的方法和器械的支配。（研考答案）
译文将“交通”与“运输”并列,似乎欠妥,但是 communication 又确实作“交通”解,这是怎么回事呢?
词典解答
communication 既可作“交通”解, 又可作“通讯”解。根据句意, communication 在这里取第二个含义比较合理。句中 communications 与 transportation 并列这一事实, 也是一个很有力的证据。类例:
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Radio and television are important means of communication. (LDCE) 无线电和电视是重要的通讯手段。
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They are planning to establish wireless communication between them. 他们计划在他们之间建立无线电通讯。