2012年新托福词汇记忆：population
2012年新托福词汇记忆：population名词
1 人口 (总数) ,居民人数
This city has a ~ of 350, 000. = The ~ of this city is 350, 000.
这个城市有三十五万人口
What is the ~ of Taipei?.
台北有多少人口?www.Examw.com
2 (一定区域的) (全体) 居民,市民
The whole ~ of the town came out to welcome him.
央抑镇民都出来欢迎他
3 [用单数; 常与修饰语连用] ‘生物’ (一定区域的) 族群,栖群
the koala ~ of Australia
澳洲的无尾熊族群
pop·u·la·tion n.
Pronunciation: ˌpä-pyə-’lā-shən
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin population-, populatio, from Latin populus
Date: 1612
1 a : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region b : the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole c : the total of particles at a particular energy level ― used especially of atoms in a laser
2 : the act or process of populating
3 a : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common b (1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality (2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins
4 : a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement
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