citizen
noun /ˈsɪtɪzn/
/ˈsɪtɪzn/
- a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
公民 - The defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better.
总统的失败并没有让普通公民的生活变得更好。 - an economic slowdown that has left millions of our fellow citizens unemployed
经济放缓导致数百万同胞失业 - She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.
她生于意大利，但现在是澳大利亚公民。 - Polish citizens living in other parts of the European Union
居住在欧盟其他地区的波兰公民 - the government's failure to address the concerns of the average citizen
政府未能解决普通公民的担忧 - In light of the unrest in the country, the US embassy has urged private citizens to leave.
鉴于该国的动荡，美国大使馆敦促公民离开。 - I became a naturalized American citizen when I was 18.
我18岁的时候成为了一名归化的美国公民。 - He said the primary responsibility of a state is to protect its citizens from attack.
他说，一个国家的首要责任是保护其公民免受攻击。 - This shows that the government respects the rights of citizens.
这表明政府尊重公民的权利。 - citizen of something Some politicians seem to be treating the citizens of this country with contempt.
一些政客似乎在蔑视这个国家的公民。
Topics People in societyb2- They are fighting for acceptance as full citizens of the country.
他们为争取成为这个国家的正式公民而斗争。 - Citizens of other European countries do not need work permits.
其他欧洲国家的公民不需要工作许可证。 - He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
他后来成为美国公民。 - The issues that interested most French citizens were domestic rather than foreign.
大多数法国公民感兴趣的是国内问题，而不是国外问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- naturalized
- British
- …
- somebody’s fellow citizens
- The defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better.
- a person who lives in a particular place
居民；市民 - When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
当你年迈时，人们会把你当成二等公民对待。 - There have been meetings of concerned citizens over proposed development plans.
关心此事的公民已经就拟议的发展计划举行了会议。 - citizen of something the decent, law-abiding citizens of this city
这个城市正派守法的公民 - the citizens of Budapest
布达佩斯市民
- Our job is to protect the citizens of Belfast and make it a safe city to live in.
我们的工作是保护贝尔法斯特的公民，让它成为一个安全的城市。 - minorities who felt they had been treated as second-class citizens
感觉被当作二等公民对待的少数民族 - This terrible crime has shocked all law-abiding citizens.
这桩可怕的罪行震惊了所有守法公民。 - She is a prominent citizen of the town.
她是那个城市的杰出市民。 - Gay people have had enough of being treated as second-class citizens.
同性恋者受够了二等公民待遇。 - It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen.
新法将对普通公民产生怎样的影响还不清楚。 - The king was visiting France as a private citizen.
国王正以平民身分访问法国。 - lawsuits brought against private citizens
针对平民的诉讼
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- naturalized
- British
- …
- somebody’s fellow citizens
compare subject - When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen.
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’.