nationnoun
国家；民族
a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government
an independent nation
独立的国家
the African nations
非洲各国
国民
all the people in a country
The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.
好像全国的人都在看电视。
Citizenship is about the sense of nationhood.
公民身份涉及国家意识。
nation
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N-COUNT 国家
A nation is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures.Such policies would require unprecedented cooperation between nations...
这样的政策要求国家间进行空前的合作。
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N-SING 全体国民;国民
The nation is sometimes used to refer to all the people who live in a particular country.It was a story that touched the nation's heart.
这是一个感动了全体国民的故事。
noun
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- the people who live in a nation or country
- a statement that sums up the nation's mood
- the news was announced to the nation
- the whole country worshipped him
- Synonym: land country
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- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land
- Synonym: state country land commonwealth res publica body politic
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- a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
- the Shawnee nation
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Japan is often quoted as the prime example of a modern industrial nation .
人们经常举例把日本作为现代工业国家的典范。
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The nation 's manhood died on the battlefields of World War I.
这个国家的男子都在第一次世界大战的战场上牺牲了。
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These small nations constitute an important grouping within the EU .
这些小国家是欧盟中的一个重要小集团。
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The country no longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation .
这个国家不愿意再被称为第三世界国家。
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The article captured the mood of the nation .
这篇文章把国民的情绪把得很准。
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The United Nations will act as guarantor of the peace settlement .
联合国将充当和平解决方案的保证人。
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The problem is currently taxing the brains of the nation 's experts .
目前这个问题使得全国的专家大伤脑筋。
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United Nations troops enforced a ceasefire in the area .
联合国军队在该地区强制执行停火命令。
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A large proportion of the nation 's households are hooked up to the Internet .
全国大部分家庭都接通了互联网。
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New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations .
新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。
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Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains .
工业化国家是破坏环境的真正元凶。
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The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes .
罢工浪潮使这个国家受到了重创。
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Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties .
英国很快就会变成胖子国。
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The guest list reads like a roll-call of the nation 's heroes .
客人名单念起来就像是在列数民族英雄。
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A United Nations aid convoy loaded with food and medicine finally got through to the besieged town .
一支联合国援助车队载着食物和药物终于抵达了被围困的市镇。
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Young people came from the four corners of the nation .
全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。
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Britain 's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment .
作为一个主要工业国英国的未来要倚赖投资。
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The project is part of a United Nations plan for refugees .
该项目是联合国难民计划的一部分。
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There 's a long history of animosity between the two nations
两国之间宿怨已久。
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The small business people of Britain are the economic backbone of the nation .
英国的小商人是国家经济的支柱。
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Many nations still had not dropped sanctions against South Africa .
很多国家还没有终止对南非的制裁。
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Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people .
阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。
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To force this agreement on the nation is wrong .
把这份协定强加给这个国家是错误的。
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The British Library holds its collection in trust for the nation
大不列颠图书馆为国家保存被托管藏书。
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The nation 's infant mortality rate has reached a record low .
该国的婴儿死亡率已降至历史最低水平。
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The United Nations Security Council will debate the issue today
联合国安理会今天将就这个问题展开讨论。
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The nation 's highest court reversed the lower court 's decision
该国最高法院已推翻了下级法院的判决。
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The United Nations has appealed for help from the international community .
联合国已经呼吁国际社会提供援助。
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The nation 's economy is not out of the woods yet .
该国经济尚未摆脱困境。
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The head of state addressed the nation over the radio
这位国家元首通过广播向全国发表了讲话。
最普通用词，侧重指国土、疆域。
China is a large country.
中国是一个幅员辽阔的国家。
Labour export is very common in developing countries.
劳务输出在发展中国家非常普遍。
指由国王或女王统治的国家，或君主立宪的国家。
The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
联合王国由大不列颠和北爱尔兰组成。
The king is the most important person in a kingdom.
国王是王国中最重要的人物。
强调其民族、社会及经济结构。
Greece is an independent nation.
希腊是一个独立国家。
New Zealand is an English speaking nation.
新西兰是一个讲英语的国家。
America is one of the world's leading industrial nations.
美国是世界上的主要工业国之一。
与 kingdom 基本同义，但多用于正式文体。
the defence of the realm
王国的防卫
The king sought to expand his realm.
国王谋求扩大领土。
侧重指被视为政治组织的国家，英国英语中尤指政府。
an EU member state
欧盟成员国
Should railways be controlled by the state?
铁路应该由国家控制吗？
The state has set up a medical subsidy program for civil servants.
政府为公务员建立了医疗补助制度。
指根据肤色及其他外表特征划分的人群。
It is often said that a person of mixed race is cleverer.
人们常说混血儿更聪明。
Students of all races can be found in this university.
各种族的学生在这所大学就读。
指属于同一种族、使用同一种语言的人群；也指某一国的国民。
Since the foundation of New China, the development of the Chinese nation has entered a new era.
自从新中国诞生，中华民族的发展就进入了一个新时代。
The entire nation was watching TV.
全国的人都在看电视。
指具有相同的语言、文化和历史并构成国家某一部分的人群。
a university for nationalities
民族大学
The school has pupils of 15 different nationalities.
该校有来自15个不同民族的学生。
指属于同一国家、地区、种族等的人群。
He pledged that he would always put the interest of the American people first.
他保证始终把美国人民的利益放在第一位。
This tradition comes from a people of northwestern Spain.
这个传统来源于西班牙西北部的一个民族。
The policy was widely supported by the peoples of Europe.
该政策得到了欧洲各民族的广泛支持。