population

英 [ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  (地区、国家等的)人口，人口数量; (统称)某领域的生物; 族群; 人口

复数：populations　

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牛津词典

noun

• （地区、国家等的）人口，人口数量
  all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there
  1. One third of the world's population consumes/consume two thirds of the world's resources.
     世界上三分之一的人口消耗着全球三分之二的资源。
  2. The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
     全镇的居民都出席了集会。
  3. countries with ageing populations
     人口老龄化的国家
  4. Muslims make up 55% of the population.
     穆斯林占人口的55%。
  5. an increase in population
     人口的增长
  6. areas of dense/sparse population (= where many/not many people live)
     人口稠密 / 稀少的地区
  7. The population is increasing at about 6% per year.
     人口以每年约6%的速度增加。
  8. Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million.
     尼日利亚有近1亿人口。
• （统称）某领域的生物；族群；人口
  a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area
  1. the adult/working/rural, etc. population of the country
     一国的成年人口、劳动人口、农村人口等

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （某一国家或地区的）全体人民，人口
  Thepopulationof a country or area is all the people who live in it.
  1. Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.
     孟加拉国现有大约1.1亿人口。
  2. ...the annual rate of population growth.
     人口年增长率
  3. ...the local population.
     当地人口
• N-COUNT （某一国家或地区某类人或动物的）总数
  If you refer to a particular type ofpopulationin a country or area, you are referring to all the people or animals of that type there.
  1. ...75.6 per cent of the male population over sixteen.
     16岁以上男性中的75.6%
  2. ...areas with a large black population.
     黑人人口众多的地区
  3. ...the elephant populations of Tanzania and Kenya.
     坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚的大象种群

英英释义

noun

• the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
  1. he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals
• (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
  1. it is an estimate of the mean of the population
  Synonym:universe
• a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
  1. they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
• the people who inhabit a territory or state
  1. the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
• the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
  1. people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
  2. the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing

双语例句

• Our country has a large population, vast territory and abundant resources.
  我国人口众多，地大物博。
• It is unclear how much popular support they have among the island's population
  目前还不清楚他们在岛上的民众中间有多高的支持率。
• Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population
  环境保护主义者说造成该城市污染问题的一个关键因素是其人口数量。
• A large percentage of the population is illiterate.
  文盲人口占有相当高的比例。
• Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year
  人口增长率正在以每年1.4%的速度下降。
• 60 years ago half the French population still lived in rural areas.
  60年前有一半法国人仍然生活在乡村地区。
• Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.
  冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。
• The population continues to increase
  人口继续增长。
• He had been taking part in an international symposium on population.
  他那时正参加一个有关人口问题的国际研讨会。
• Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
  就业人口中有将近13%已失业。