The field of transport has several aspects: infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure includes the transport networks (roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines, etc.) that are used, as well as the nodes or terminals (such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports). Vehicles travelling on the networks will include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains and aircraft. The operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated on the network and the procedures set for this purpose including the legal environment (Laws, Codes, Regulations, etc.) Policies, such as how to finance the system (for example, the use of tolls or gasoline taxes) may be considered part of the operations.
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- vehicle [ˈvi:ɪkl] n.交通工具
- operation [ˌɔpəˈreiʃən] n. 运营
- canal [kəˈnæl] n.运河
- pipeline [ˈpaiplain] n. 管道， 输送管道
- node [nəud] n. 中转站
- terminal [ˈtə:minəl] n. 终点站
- seaport [ˈsi:pɔ:t] n. 港口
- law [lɔ:] n. 法律
- code [kəud] n. 法规
- regulation [ˌreɡjuˈleiʃən] n. 规章制度
- toll [təul] n. 通行费
- gasoline [ˈɡæsəli:n] n.汽油
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挑个小毛病，Vehicles 一词应该在第一行第一次出现时标蓝。
改过，谢谢！
waterways的释义是：A navigable body of water, such as a river, channel, or canal.
也就是说canal是waterways的一种。
是否可改为：railways, airways, waterways(such as canals), pipelines, etc.
另：我认为operation的释义不准确，因为operations是个专有名词，特指“运营部门”（或称“策划执行部门”）。《美国传统词典》的解释是：
Operations: the division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.
又想了想，收回这个建议……原文是对的