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Transportation refers to any type of Traffic refers to all the vehicles that are

vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods moving along the roads in a particular area.

in. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use

There was heavy traffic on

transport)

traffic congestion.

The company will provide transportation.

【注】：transportation可指任何一类交通工

具。

Transportation is a system for taking

people or goods from one place to another,

for example using buses or trains. (mainly

AM; in BRIT, usually use transport)

【注】：traffic可指路面，特定区域的所有

的交通行驶工具。

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.

Campuses are usually accessible by public

transportation.

【注】：transportation可指交通体系。

Transportation is the activity of taking

goods or people from one place to another

in a vehicle. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually

use transport)

Air traffic had returned

The railways will carry a far higher

proportion of

see also

air traffic control

【注】：traffic可指特定交通行驶工具两地

移动。

Traffic in something such as drugs or

stolen goods is an illegal trade in them.

Oxfam may also help with the

transportation of refugees.

【注】：transportation可指输运的动作行

为。

Traffic in illicit drugs was now worth some

500 thousand million dollars a year.

The president said illegal drugs are hurting

the entire world and anyone who traffics in

them should be brought to justice.

【注】：traffic可指贩运（毒品、人口、走

私）

总的来说，Collins词典给出的词条解释还不够清楚，但起码可以明白的是：

c与transportation语义重合部分

c有动词含义，贩毒、人口，走私的含义，而transportation不具备此意义。

c特指交通状态是“拥挤、流畅等” transportation指的所有交通工具构成的体系。

根据COCA语料库检索可以发现

transportation 搭配的名词：

department, board, safety(二者相当)，system(traffic略少), secretary,

state, service, infrastructure, cost, authority, energy, means, officials，committee, mode,

problem(二者相当)， bill, education, need, space, access, cost, ground, center(traffic略少)

transportation搭配的形容词:

public, national, regional, federal, metropolitan, mass, alternative, available, personal,

efficient, industrial, rural, hazardous, entire, special, limited, united

分析解读：搭配的名词和形容词都体现出政府交通行政管理部门以及其语义场所属词汇

（见斜体标识）。

transportation 搭配的动词:

provide, take, use, include, cost, lodge, arrange, support, need, commute, require, serve,

分析解读：搭配的动词体现出与交通行政管理语义场配套的动词，比如提供、使用、安

排、支持等都是与行政（见斜体标识）。

traffic搭配的名词：

air, jam, control, congestion, highway, safety(二者相当)，light, flow, street, road, accident,

police, stop, lot, controller, time, percent

population, truck, car, law, parking, hour, year, volume, ticket

violation, information, sign, freeway, rush, sound, avenue, route, night,

分析解读：搭配的名词体现出交通方式（air等）、交通工具通畅（jam, control, congestion,

highway, light flow, accident) 交通工具的管理（police, accident, controller, time, volume, ticket,

violation）交通工具的停放（parking, truck, car, parking, avenue, route）

traffic搭配的形容词：

heavy, oncoming, rush-hour, bad, light, increased, high, downtown, human, vehicular, red,

minor, blocking, busy, congested, passing, normal, slow, distant, steady, narrow, terrible, sparse

分析解读：搭配的形容词体现出交通工具的通畅程度，与上述名词情况构成搭配（heavy,

oncoming, rush-hour, bad, light ,increased ,busy, blocking, congested, passing, normal, slow,

steady, narrow, terrible ,sparse)

traffic搭配的动词：

tuck, get, stop, moving, caught, caused, slowed, beat, control, backed, drive, hear

分析解读：搭配的动词体现出交通工具通畅，与上述名词、形容词构成搭配（stuck, get,

stop, moving, caught, caused, slowed, beat)

小结

transportation的搭配语义接近于交通行政方面，倾向于宏观层面；traffic搭配的语义接

近于路面可见的具体交通工具，倾向于微观层面。