population
英 [p?pj?'le??(?)n]
美[,pɑpju'le??n]
- n. 人口；[生物] 種群，[生物] 群體；全體居民
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?populations;
中文詞源
population 人口
來自populate,居住，構(gòu)成人口，-ion,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- population (n.)
- 1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio) "a people; a multitude," as if from Latin populus "a people" (see people (n.)). Population explosion is first attested 1953.
雙語例句
- 1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
- 首都發(fā)生了地震，引發(fā)民眾恐慌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
- 糧食生產(chǎn)已經(jīng)跟不上人口增長。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
- 人口中有一大部分說以法語為基礎(chǔ)的混合語。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population.
- 環(huán)境保護主義者說造成該城市污染問題的一個關(guān)鍵因素是其人口數(shù)量。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe.
- 英國擁有歐洲最大也是最具繁殖能力的狐貍種群。
來自柯林斯例句