nation 英 [ˈneɪʃn]
美 [ˈneʃən]
复数形式:nations
nation 词典解释
名词国家;民族;国民;政府
nation 词典例句
名词
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In 1790 the new nation had fewer than four million people.
1790年时这个新成立的国家的人口不到四百万。
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We have established diplomatic relations with the newly independent nations.
我们已与那几个新近独立的国家建立了外交关系。
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The whole nation is jubilant.
举国欢腾。
nation 英英释义
noun
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the people who live in a nation or country
e.g. a statement that sums up the nation's mood
e.g. the news was announced to the nation
e.g. the whole country worshipped him
Synonym: land country
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a politically organized body of people under a single government
e.g. the state has elected a new president
e.g. African nations
e.g. students who had come to the nation's capitol
e.g. the country's largest manufacturer
e.g. an industrialized land
Synonym: state country land commonwealth res publica body politic
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a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
e.g. the Shawnee nation
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英语释义
1
n. the people who live in a nation or country
2
n. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
3
n. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
相关单词辨析
这组词都有“国家”的意思,其区别是:
land: 常用于文学中,侧重国土,带感情色彩。
state: 正式用词,指政治概念上的国家,即由政府所代表的国家。
power: 特指拥有强大军事力量,在国际事务中有较强权威或影响的国家,即强国、大国。
nation: 普通用词,指在某一国土定居的人民、民族,强调人民。
country: 普通用词,侧重国土与人民。
这组词都有“民族,种族”的意思,其区别是:
race: 专指有共同祖先和相同肤色、面部特征等遗传特征以及共同风俗等的人群。
people: 侧重指由有共同文化、社会基础而所形成的人民整体。
nation: 特指居住于同一区域,有共同历史、语言、文化及心理素质等的人类群体。