transmit
- v. 传输
- v. 传染, 传达
- Definition
- v. to send out signals
- v. to pass something like a disease or message to another person
- Example
- The radio station can transmit signals across the entire country.
- 这家广播电台可以将信号传送到全国各地。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to broadcast a program or signal (verb).
比较义项：（电视、广播）播出，发送信号（动词）。
- air
Used for broadcasting a program at a scheduled time on TV or radio; the subject is usually the show, channel or network, not the signal itself.
用于指电视或广播节目在预定时间播出，主语通常是节目、频道或电视台，而不是信号本身。
The final episode airs live at nine o'clock tonight.
大结局将于今晚九点直播播出。
- transmit 本词
A more technical word for sending out radio or electronic signals; the object is usually the signal itself, and no scheduled program for an audience is implied.
是更技术性的词，指发出无线电或电子信号，宾语通常是信号本身，不一定涉及面向观众的定时节目。
The old tower still transmits emergency signals across the valley.
那座旧发射塔仍在向山谷各处发送紧急信号。
Air and transmit both relate to broadcasting. Air means showing a program on TV or radio at a set time; the subject is usually the show, not the signal. Transmit is more technical, meaning to send out a radio or electronic signal.
这两个词都能表示把内容或信号向外播送，但侧重不同：air强调节目按预定时段对观众播出，宾语通常是节目本身；transmit更偏技术性，强调信号被发送出去的过程，宾语通常是信号本身，也常用于与广播无关的信号传输场合。这里不比较air作名词表示“空气”的用法，也不比较transmit表示“传播（疾病等）”的其他义项。
Compared meaning: to pass on information or ideas (verb).
比较义项：传达信息或想法（动词）。
- convey
Convey highlights successfully making an idea or feeling understood, often indirectly through tone, expression, or wording rather than a direct statement; it suits formal or literary descriptions of communication.
convey强调“成功让对方领会到”某种想法或情感，往往通过语气、表情或措辞间接传达，而不是直接陈述；多用于正式或文学性的语境中描述交流效果。
His tone conveyed more anger than his actual words did.
他的语气传达出的怒气比他实际说的话还多。
- communicate
Communicate is the plain, all-purpose word for making information, ideas, or feelings known to someone, used in everyday speech and writing, transitively or intransitively.
communicate是最普通、最常用的词，泛指把信息、想法或感受“讲清楚”让人知道，口语和书面语都常用，可带宾语，也可单独使用。
Please communicate the schedule change to everyone on the team today.
请今天把日程变动传达给团队里的每一个人。
- transmit 本词
Transmit is formal and technical, describing a message, order, or signal relayed through a channel, system, or chain from one point to another, not personal expression.
transmit语气正式、技术性强，指消息、指令或信号通过某种渠道、系统或层级从一方传递到另一方，而不是个人化的情感表达。
The commander ordered his officer to transmit the retreat order down the chain.
指挥官命令军官把撤退命令沿指挥链向下传达。
These verbs mean to pass on information. Convey suggests making a feeling understood indirectly. Communicate is the everyday word for sharing information. Transmit is formal, for a message sent through a channel. This does not compare convey meaning 'carry', or transmit meaning 'signal'.
这三个词在“把消息或想法传达给别人”这一点上意思相近，但语气和使用场合不同：convey强调让对方“领会”到某种情感或含义，措辞较间接、书面；communicate是最中性、最常用的说法；transmit则强调消息经由某种渠道或系统正式地传递下去，语气生硬、技术性强。这里不比较convey的“运送、运载”义项，也不比较transmit的“传输信号”“传染疾病”等义项。