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单词 traffic jam
释义
traffic jam
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/us
/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/
B1
alargenumberofvehiclesclosetogether andunabletomoveormovingveryslowly:
交通堵塞
Thesnowcausedtrafficjamsall over thecity.大雪导致整个城市交通堵塞。
I wasstuckinatrafficjamfor anhouryesterday.我昨天遇上交通堵塞，堵了1个小时的车。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
On the road: traffic jams
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  • jam
  • rasta roko
  • rush hour
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(Definition oftraffic jamfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

traffic jam| American Dictionary

traffic jam
noun[C]
us
/ˈtræf·ɪk ˌdʒæm/
asituationof too manyvehicleson aroadso that they canmoveonly veryslowlyor not at all
(Definition oftraffic jamfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftraffic jam

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It is random, because one can't know where there will be an accident, atrafficjam.
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Sometimes intention is caused by deliberation alone, such as the decision to take an alternative route when faced with atrafficjam.
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So if a person fails to vote because they were caught in atrafficjam, then they have not necessarily been made unfree to vote in the relevant sense.
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Anybody who has been stuck in atrafficjamfor 10 or 15 minutes must resent the waste of time.
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One has all of the electrical appliances that make sitting in atrafficjamthat much more comfortable.
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It caused atrafficjamfor three hours.
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It can take two hours to reach a hospital when one is travelling through a solidtrafficjam.
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What really gets one is that there is no warning about thetrafficjamin which one suddenly finds oneself.
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I regret to say that the choice available to my constituents is whichtrafficjamto sit in.
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I am delighted to say that thattrafficjamwill one day be a thing of the past, when the new link road is built.
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He considers that thetrafficjamoccurred through the coincidence of a number of factors.
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The general public were forced to endure unbelievable discomfort, struggling to and from work stuck in a coagulatedtrafficjamin record temperatures.
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I do not believe that many people make a conscious choice to get into a car and sit in atrafficjam.
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It is terrible to be stuck in atrafficjam.
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Last summer we had onetrafficjamin which the traffic lined up right back through the tunnel.
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