common carriers

基本解释

A series of amendments imposed mandatory interconnection, a new obligation for common carriers that would prove important in future.
一系列修正案要求各条线路强制连接，共同承运人的新职责在不久的将来证明会更加重要。
Previous studies have shown that sponges and dishcloths are common carriers of the pathogens, in part because they often remain damp, which helps the bugs survive, according to the UF paper.
根据佛罗里达大学发表的文章，先前的研究已经表明海绵和抹布是病原体的主要携带工具，原因在于他们经常处潮湿状态，这就有助于病菌存活。
English common law came to see innkeepers, boatmen, warehouse owners and granary operators as “common carriers”: transport trades compelled to serve all comers, and to charge reasonable rates.
英国有条不成文的法律，将旅店经营者、船主、货栈主和谷仓经营者视为承运人，即有义务为所有的运输贸易者提供服务并收取合理的费用。

American states in the late 19th century treated telegraph lines as common carriers, obliging them to carry dispatches from any person and from any other line at consistent rates.
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As a practical matter the proposed net neutrality rules would largely turn today's broadband providers, whether their services are delivered over wireline, fiber, cable, satellite or wireless platforms, into traditional common carriers.
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On Margarita Island, such carriers are common.
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