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multitude n.大量；多数；群众 (1) 大量英雄人物出现了。(2) 街道上聚集了一大群愤怒的人。(3) 有许多反对理由。(4) 一般人也许会嘲笑他的音乐，但我们更了解它。(5) 我们一定要设法满足广大民众的要求。 Sometimes the word multitude refers to the common people, or the masses — that is, everyone in a society apart from the political elite. There are a lot of words and phrases for this, like hoi polloi, which is Greek for "the many," and "the great unwashed." Those last two terms are usually used in a disapproving way, but multitudes is generally a positive term. If you were to say that a leader inspired the multitudes to rise up against their oppressor, we'd assume that you sympathized with the multitudes.

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英 ['mʌltɪtjuːd] 美 ['mʌltɪtuːd] (1) A multitude of heroic figures emerge.(2) An angry multitude collected in the street.(3) There are a multitude of reasons against it.(4) The multitude may laugh at his music, but we know better.(5) We must try to satisfy the needs of the multitude. A multitude is a very large number or a huge crowd. If you see a  multitude of zombies approaching, you're in trouble. 1[QUANT 数量词]许多；大量；大批；大群 A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.   [QUANT of pl-n]  [PHR after v]There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something.种种错误(或问题)；真相'Strong, centralized government' is a term that can cover a multitude of sins.“强大的中央集权政府”是一个能掩饰种种问题的措词。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]一大群人；人群 You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude .   [WRITTEN 笔语]...surrounded by a noisy multitude.被喧闹的人群围着...the multitudes that throng around  the Pope.围在主教周围的人群3[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]民众；大众；群众 You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes .   [the N]The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude...向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way.我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。

英语单词	multitude
英美音标	英 ['mʌltɪtjuːd] 美 ['mʌltɪtuːd]
中文释义	n.大量；多数；群众
英语例句	(1) A multitude of heroic figures emerge. (2) An angry multitude collected in the street. (3) There are a multitude of reasons against it. (4) The multitude may laugh at his music, but we know better. (5) We must try to satisfy the needs of the multitude.
中文例句	(1) 大量英雄人物出现了。 (2) 街道上聚集了一大群愤怒的人。 (3) 有许多反对理由。 (4) 一般人也许会嘲笑他的音乐，但我们更了解它。 (5) 我们一定要设法满足广大民众的要求。
vocabulary简明	A multitude is a very large number or a huge crowd. If you see a multitude of zombies approaching, you're in trouble.
vocabulary扩展	Sometimes the word multitude refers to the common people, or the masses — that is, everyone in a society apart from the political elite. There are a lot of words and phrases for this, like hoi polloi, which is Greek for "the many," and "the great unwashed." Those last two terms are usually used in a disapproving way, but multitudes is generally a positive term. If you were to say that a leader inspired the multitudes to rise up against their oppressor, we'd assume that you sympathized with the multitudes.
柯林斯解释	1 [QUANT 数量词]许多；大量；大批；大群 A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. [QUANT of pl-n] [PHR after v] There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along... 有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。 Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems. 毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。 If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something.种种错误(或问题)；真相 'Strong, centralized government' is a term that can cover a multitude of sins. “强大的中央集权政府”是一个能掩饰种种问题的措词。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一大群人；人群 You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude . [WRITTEN 笔语] ...surrounded by a noisy multitude. 被喧闹的人群围着 ...the multitudes that throng around the Pope. 围在主教周围的人群 3 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]民众；大众；群众 You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes . [the N] The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude... 向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。 It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way. 我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。

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