2012年新托福词汇记忆：population8 c/ Z9 P) o7 L; D3 ~) t3 u$ J$ _
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' g& e# G% Z1 I7 v5 Y 1 人口 (总数) ,居民人数9 O' \& H" W' T: E: p4 s. k
This city has a ~ of 350, 000. = The ~ of this city is 350, 000.
; f7 p$ _. T9 b7 W& q& Y% w$ ` 这个城市有三十五万人口
% _) O$ P9 n) }4 t+ r4 _ What [How large] is the ~ of Taipei?.8 h, @. c- \* {
台北有多少人口?www.Examw.com" ?: s% j9 }: J7 J. Z4 u% q
2 [the ~; 集合称] (一定区域的) (全体) 居民,市民
1 g0 \7 F4 P( ?" O The whole ~ of the town came out to welcome him.
4 [' P) V0 n) J# W- o; N 央抑镇民都出来欢迎他
+ t* u9 K) f4 I 3 [用单数; 常与修饰语连用] ‘生物’ (一定区域的) 族群,栖群, c% A$ Z. c% V3 C# b
the koala ~ of Australia
9 w( p. G" u% ?2 I6 l( m 澳洲的无尾熊族群
3 M' u, h0 g" U5 Y. x9 L2 _* N pop·u·la·tion n.
, q8 m% g% u$ f1 } Pronunciation: ˌpä-pyə-’lā-shən. r# J7 I+ |2 O: _' w
Function: noun
& X: |! K F0 `" H* A* W Etymology: Late Latin population-, populatio, from Latin populus, T2 C" T+ u8 z3 H, O i
Date: 1612$ l; z* ^% R- B* {# p( `. m
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
/ ~, ]- K1 d# F0 n. I8 h, L5 } 2 : the act or process of populating
8 F* s' W% \# T0 l 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
% \" R4 X* J$ s+ a5 G$ e 4 : a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement |
发表于 2012-8-14 22:56:05
