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
詞態變化
復數:?populations;
中文詞源
population 人口
來自populate,居住，構成人口，-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.
- 首都發生了地震，引發民眾恐慌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
- 糧食生產已經跟不上人口增長。
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.
- 環境保護主義者說造成該城市污染問題的一個關鍵因素是其人口數量。
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