citizens

英 [ˈsɪtɪznz]

美 [ˈsɪtəzənz]

n.  公民; 居民; 市民
citizen的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 公民;国民
  Someone who is acitizenof a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
  1. ...American citizens...
     美国公民
  2. The life of ordinary citizens began to change.
     老百姓的生活开始发生变化。
• N-COUNT 城镇居民;市民
  Thecitizens ofa town or city are the people who live there.
  1. ...the citizens of Buenos Aires.
     布宜诺斯艾利斯的市民
• See also:senior citizen

双语例句

• The United States is making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1,200 American citizens
  美国正在为运送1,200名美国公民的大规模空运做准备。
• Many senior citizens have been through two world wars
  很多年长的公民都经历了两次世界大战。
• The United States is sending a naval task force to the area to evacuate American citizens.
  美国正要派遣一支海军特遣队赶赴该地区疏散美国公民。
• Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.
  有些政府窥探无辜公民的生活——这一事实已经众所周知。
• The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
  1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。
• The government has been involved in a disinformation campaign, deliberately misleading and harassing its citizens.
  政府已经卷入了一场造假运动，他们有意误导和扰乱民众生活。
• By and large, these people are peace-loving, law-abiding citizens.
  大体上，这些人都是热爱和平、遵纪守法的公民。
• Their citizens are very thankful they are not governed by a dictator.
  他们的公民十分庆幸没有受独裁者的统治。
• The article was insulting to the families of British citizens
  那篇文章侮辱了英国公民家庭。
• South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law
  南卡罗来纳州声称有权力免除该州公民遵守联邦法规的义务。