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Populace People Large Proportion Lives Group 英 Pɒpjələs] 美

英语单词 populace
英美音标 英 ['pɒpjələs] 美 ['pɑːpjələs]
中文释义 n.平民;大众
英语例句 (1) He attends the education of the populace by himself.
(2) There are powerful arguments for more economic growth in countries where a large proportion of the populace lives in poverty.
(3) A newspaper circulates among the general populace.
中文例句 (1) 第三,毛泽东亲身从事过平民教育。
(2) 有很多强有力的理由证明一些大部分平民都生活在贫困中的国家的经济增长率更高。
(3) 报纸广售于一般大众之间。
vocabulary简明 The populace is a way to refer to a group of people in general, like the masses or a population.
vocabulary扩展 Populace, in its original use, was a negative way of referring to ordinary people, as opposed to rich, privileged, or royal people. A king might try to understand the mindset of the populace, but it's likely that he had no idea what their lives were really like. Populace can also be a neutral term that refers to a group of people living in a particular place. For example, New York City has a populace of about eight million people.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](一国的)平民,百姓,民众 The populace of a country is its people.
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  • ...a large proportion of the populace.

    大部分民众

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