On Monday,a Sri Lankan court sentenced Tissainayagam to 20 years of hard labor for causing "communal disharmony".

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

It refers instead, to the concrete, collective, communal salvation from national suffering and oppression, particularly in the form of foreign rule or enslavement.

相反，它指的是很具体的，集体的，社会的拯救,把一个国家从苦难和压迫中解救出来，尤其是那些在外族统治者奴役下的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's kind of like religion by definition is a communal activity and so as what you're trying to do is a lot of... building skills among groups.

可能宗教本身,就是种集体性的活动，你们所做的,也就是培养集体生活的技能。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The French-run PT Palyja, one of two private companies that control Jakarta's water supply, provides only a communal tank for the local residents to use.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

I hope it gave you a sense of its communal ethiC as opposed to an individual morality, the idea that the actions of every individual have an impact on society as a whole.

我希望它能给你们一种公共道德感,与个人道德感全然不同，那个观点是,个人的行为都会对作为整体的社会产生影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

What happens in many poor neighborhoods is that a small group takes control of the water kiosk or communal tank and sets its own tariffs for the water it sells by container.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

So, language is this communal set of rumors spiritualized by its very vagueness and shared quality.

因此，语言以其模棱两可的特性,营造出这种精神化的谣传的公社氛围。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"One of the things I am suggesting is a communal statement that synagogues sign on to, and that has language that creates a playing field that makes it clear that such language and violence will not be accepted, that people who are gay are welcome to pray and participate in synagogue life and that religion is not about excluding and hating but about finding areas where we can come and be in the presence of the divine,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

Moving forward, we'll actually move some place other than the dining halls but we thought this is a nice way to start the term in a more casual communal environment.

注意前面，看黑板，把心思收回来,虽然开学之初,大家心思涣散，这无可厚非。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Finally, another thing that is important is that all the stories that are generated as a result of using Star Festival as a model are becoming communal story So people share what they create with Star Festival.

最后，另一件重要的事就是,通过使用“七夕“这一模型发掘的所有的,这些故事正成为共同的故事,人们将他们用“七夕“创造的东西与他人共享。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Because it was really the communal aspect of what happens when you're out in the outdoors.

因为在户外活动的种种状况中,我们的确可以看到集体性。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So on the one hand, the communal activity of teaching and exchanging ideas and the liveliness that comes about, particularly in seminars and some one-on-one conversations with the students and reading their writing.

因此，一方面，教学，交流的相互性,还有随之而来的生动性，尤其是在研讨会和一些一对一的,与学生的交流中，以及他们的作业中。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It had this communal aspect, for sure.

这当然有它公共方面的意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选