citizen
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country. 公民
...American citizens. …美国公民。
2. N-COUNT The citizens of a town or city are the people who live there. 市民
...the citizens of Buenos Aires. …布宜诺斯艾利斯的市民。
3. →see also senior citizen
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citizen /ˈsɪtɪzən/ (citizens)
剑桥词典
- a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights , or a person who lives in a particular town or city
- 'Senior citizen' is a euphemism for 'old person '.
- He entered the United States in 1988 as a permanent resident because of his marriage to a U.S. citizen.
- She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen.
- She behaved as any upright citizen would have under the circumstances .
- She is regarded as an upstanding citizen in the local community . 返回 citizen
公民；市民，城镇居民
The interests of British citizens living abroad are protected by the British Embassy. 侨居国外的英国公民的利益受英国大使馆的保护。
He applied to become an American citizen. 他申请成为美国公民。
The citizens of Moscow woke up this morning to find they had a new government . 今天早上，莫斯科市民一觉醒来发现他们有了一个新政府。
Old people are just treated like second-class citizens (= unimportant people ). 老年人只被当作二等公民对待。
He reassured people that law-abiding citizens (= people who do not break the law ) would have nothing to fear from the enquiries . 他宽慰人们说遵纪守法的公民对质询没有什么可害怕的。
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