population
- n.(地区、国家等的)人口，人口数量;人口;族群;(统称)某领域的生物
复数： populations
popul 人,人民 + -ation 名词后缀
populationnoun
（地区、国家等的）人口，人口数量
all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there
One third of the world's population consumes/consume two thirds of the world's resources.
世界上三分之一的人口消耗着全球三分之二的资源。
The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
全镇的居民都出席了集会。
countries with ageing populations
人口老龄化的国家
Muslims make up 55% of the population.
穆斯林占人口的55%。
an increase in population
人口的增长
areas of dense/sparse population (= where many/not many people live)
人口稠密 / 稀少的地区
The population is increasing at about 6% per year.
人口以每年约6%的速度增加。
Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million.
尼日利亚有近1亿人口。
（统称）某领域的生物；族群；人口
a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area
the adult/working/rural, etc. population of the country
一国的成年人口、劳动人口、农村人口等
population
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N-COUNT （某一国家或地区的）全体人民，人口
The population of a country or area is all the people who live in it.Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.
孟加拉国现有大约1.1亿人口。
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N-COUNT （某一国家或地区某类人或动物的）总数
If you refer to a particular type of population in a country or area, you are referring to all the people or animals of that type there....75.6 per cent of the male population over sixteen.
16岁以上男性中的75.6%
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- the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
- he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals
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- (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
- it is an estimate of the mean of the population
- Synonym: universe
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- a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
- they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
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- the people who inhabit a territory or state
- the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
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- the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
- people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
- the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing
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The population is increasing at about 6 % per year .
人口以每年约6%的速度增加。
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The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population .
这种病感染了足足30%的人口。
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The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million .
人口已从120万增加到了180万。
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The rural population has become increasingly politicized in recent years .
近年来，农村人口对政治愈来愈感兴趣。
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The entire population of the town was at the meeting .
全镇的居民都出席了集会。
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Fifthly , we need to consider the effect on the local population .
第五，我们必须考虑对当地居民的影响。
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Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class .
市场研究人员常常按年龄和社会阶层划分人口。
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He conjectured that the population might double in ten years .
他推测人口在十年后可能会增加一倍。
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A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .
三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。
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Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population .
日益严重的污染对当地人民的健康构成了重大威胁。
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Christians compose around 2.5 % of the country 's population .
基督教徒大约占这个国家人口的2.5%。
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Muslims make up 55 % of the population .
穆斯林占人口的55%。
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About 40 % of the country 's population is afflicted with the disease .
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
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An overlay showing population can be placed on top of the map .
可以在地图上加一层显示人口的透明膜。
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The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population .
这种疾病有可能毁灭整个种群。
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There is a 60 % probability that the population will be infected with the disease .
民众感染这种疾病的概率为60%。
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Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole ?
由500人参加的问卷调查能真正代表所有民众吗？
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Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million .
尼日利亚有近1亿人口。
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The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery .
这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。
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English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese .
虽然当地居民主要是中国人，英语却成了商业上正式使用的语言。
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The population is aging .
人口正在老龄化。
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The population almost doubles in summer , mainly because of the jazz festival .
主要由于爵士音乐节的缘故，在夏季这里的人口几乎比平时多一倍。
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At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land .
20世纪初几乎有三分之一的人口依靠种地为生。
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Troops were sent in , ostensibly to protect the civilian population .
谎称为保护平民而派驻了军队。
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Only 10 % of the population are now practising Christians .
现在仅有10%的人口是虔诚的基督教教徒。
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The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population .
恐怖分子故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。
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The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state .
众议院的席位是根据各州的人口分配的。
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The majority of the population is Protestant .
这里的人大多数都信奉新教。
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Its population is about triple that of Venice .
它的人口大约是威尼斯的三倍。
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Barely 50 % of the population voted .
仅有50%的人投票。