citizen noun ⇨citizen (an Australian citizen)⇨resident (law-abiding citizens)citizen
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citizen ♦︎ voter ♦︎ taxpayer ♦︎ native ♦︎ national ♦︎ subjectThese are all words for a person who belongs to a particular country and has legal rights there.這些詞均表示公民、國民。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a citizen / native / national of a country◆a British citizen / voter / taxpayer / national / subject◆a US / Australian, etc. citizen / voter / taxpayer / national◆an ordinary / average citizen / voter / taxpayer◆a foreign / fellow citizen / national■citizen [countable] a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country公民◆She's Italian by birth, but is now an Australian citizen.她生於意大利,但現在是澳大利亞公民。 see also citizen ⇨ resident▸citizenship
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[uncountable] ◆You can apply for citizenship after five years' residency.居住滿五年可申請公民身份。■voter [countable] a person who votes or has the right to vote, especially in a political election(尤指政治選舉中的)投票人,選舉人,有選舉權的人◆Only 60% of eligible voters actually used their vote.只有60%的合資格選民行使了選舉權。■taxpayer ˈtækspeɪə(r) [countable] a person who pays tax to the government, especially on the money that they earn納稅人◆The changes make an average taxpayer £2.50 a week better off.這些改革使納稅人平均每周少交2.50英鎊的稅。◆Hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money have been spent on the project.這個項目已經花上納稅人的幾十萬英鎊。ⓘ The taxpayer is often used to refer to the ordinary people of a country as a group, when talking about government spending.在談論政府支出時,taxpayer常指一國的老百姓群體◆What is the cost to the taxpayer of hosting the Olympics?舉辦奧運會要花納稅人多少錢?◆Should politicians be able to travel first class at the taxpayer's expense?政客出行能花納稅人的錢坐頭等艙嗎?◆It was estimated to have cost the US taxpayer $35 billion.據估計,這花費了美國納稅人350億美元。■native [countable] a person who was born in a particular country or area出生於某國(或某地)的人◆She was not a native of the island, but had lived there for many years.她不是在那個島出生的,但在那兒生活了很多年。 see also native ⇨ residentnoun, native ⇨ culturaladj.■national [countable] (ratherformal) a person who belongs to a particular country(某國的)公民◆The government has advised British nationals to leave the area.政府建議英國公民離開該地區。ⓘ Nationals is used especially when talking about people of a particular nationality who are abroad, for example living and working in a foreign country. * national尤指在國外生活、工作的僑民。▸nationality ˌnæʃəˈnæləti
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[uncountable, countable] ◆She has dual nationality(= is a citizen of two countries).她有雙重國籍。◆The college attracts students of all nationalities.這所大學吸引着各國的學生。■subject [countable] (ratherformal) a person who has the right to belong to a particular country, especially one with a king or queen(尤指君主制國家的)國民,臣民◆British subjects and Commonwealth citizens do not need visas.英國國民和英聯邦公民不需要簽證。◆The prince had to tax his subjects heavily to raise money for the war.國王不得不對他的臣民征重稅來爲戰爭籌款。
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