| 单词 | country |
| 释义 | country (kʌntri ) Word forms: countries 1. countable noun A1 A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land. Indonesia is one of the most populous countries in the world. ...that disputed boundary between the two countries. Young people do move around the country quite a bit these days. Synonyms: nation, state, land, commonwealth 2. singular noun The people who live in a particular country can be referred to as the country. The country goes to the polls today to elect a new government. Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports. Synonyms: people, community, nation, society 3. singular noun A2 The country consists of places such as farms, open fields, and villages which are away from towns and cities. ...a healthy life in the country. She was cycling along a country road near Compiègne. I was a simple country boy from Norfolk. 4. uncountable noun A particular kind of country is an area of land which has particular characteristics or is connected with a particular well-known person. Varese Ligure is a small town in mountainous country east of Genoa. ...some of the best walking country in the Sierras. The Japanese visitors set off in search of Brontë country. Synonyms: territory, part, land, region 5. uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun] Country music is popular music from the southern United States. For a long time I just wanted to play country music. The brilliant young country singer tours her songs about lost love and cigarettes, from March 7. 6. across country phrase If you travel across country, you travel a long distance, from one part of a country to another. We've just moved all the way across country to begin a new life. 7. across country phrase If you travel across country, you travel through country areas, avoiding major roads and towns. From here we walked across country to Covington. 8. go to the country phrase If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election. [British] The Prime Minister does not have to go to the country for another year. Idioms: go to the country [British] to hold a general election The Prime Minister is about to call a snap election even though he doesn't have to go to the country for another year. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: crisscross the country But elsewhere there was considerable anger vented as teams prepared to crisscross the country and uncertainty reigned. Times,Sunday Times More than half - 56 per cent - said that they could accept a limit of 150km/h (93mph) on the 12,950km of motorways that crisscross the country. Times, Sunday Times It maintains over of roadways organised into various classifications which crisscross the country and provide access to major population centres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These days they are constantly on the campaign trail, crisscrossing the country and giving speeches. Times, Sunday Times No bad blood, we trust, during a busy week crisscrossing the country. Times, Sunday Times This was taken as an indication that he was prepared to fight to defend his country. Times, Sunday Times You cannot defend a country with flights of fancy. Times, Sunday Times What history taught them was that to defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilisation you need schools. Times, Sunday Times To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilisation you need education. Times, Sunday Times In order to defend this country we need more soldiers with better equipment on the battlefield. Times, Sunday Times They score an average ten points higher in tests - a bigger gap than any other developed country. The Sun Almost every developed country has an export credit agency, but ours was the fi rst. Times, Sunday Times We have the fastest growing economy of any developed country in the world. The Sun Circumstances described as negative by respondents from one nation (likely a developed country) may be perceived as extremely positive by those from other countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But emissions have declined faster than in any other big developed country. Times, Sunday Times Shorten, he claimed, had tried to divide the country and was running on class warfare. Times, Sunday Times Divide the country between north and south. Times, Sunday Times Divide the country into four and the dominant stables are now clustered in a single quarter. Times, Sunday Times These physical features divide the country into two physiographic regions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He worried that emancipation would irreparably divide the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The entire country is bloated, hungover and suffering from seasonal affective disorder. Times, Sunday Times (2016) As recently as seven years ago, there was only one internet service provider in the entire country. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It had 20 minutes' talktime - so long as you were near one of only twelve masts in the entire country. The Sun (2010) It has given the entire country a link to the Games in London and built a keen sense of anticipation. Times, Sunday Times (2012) An attempt to steal an entire country evidently did. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The threat grew after its president, who fled the country, had surgery on wounds suffered in a rebel rocket attack on his palace. The Sun (2011) Add in endless plugs in magazines and news bulletins and the less addicted may want to flee the country. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Others have fled the country or moved to other cities. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Bank deposits have been fleeing the country on the expectation of capital controls or possible exit from the euro. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Doctors were fleeing the country and field hospitals set up in opposition areas needed help. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Visiting felt like a trip to a foreign country with a different language, odd customs and no guide to smooth the way. Globe and Mail (2003) She and her husband did not want to live as exiles in a foreign country and hoped things would get better in Aleppo. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It was fantastic to be in a foreign country. The Sun (2012) Historians have a favorite saying: 'The past is like a foreign country. Christianity Today (2000) For many, the shame means they would rather live homeless in a foreign country than return home. The Sun (2013) The message the politicians must understand is that we did not trust any of them enough to give them a free hand to govern the country. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Strange thing, that when the army had asserted strength, governing the country, it grew weak as an army. COUP D'ETAT No administration elected by the people can govern the country. The Sun (2016) Critics say it risks depriving the impoverished country of almost 1.4bn in transit fees. Times, Sunday Times The average worker in the impoverished country takes home a paltry 280 a month. The Sun This last clause in particular created great and lasting bitterness and would, in any case, prove impossible for an impoverished country to fulfil. The Times Literary Supplement More than 24 hours later, relief workers were still struggling to get into the impoverished country to help. Times, Sunday Times The story begins with a portrait of an impoverished country riven by inequality, civil strife and coups d'état. Times,Sunday Times Of the 195 independent countries in the world, only 17 are led by women. Times, Sunday Times (2013) If it wants to be accepted as an independent country, it must prove it by paying back any debt it owes. The Sun (2014) It would show that we were once again citizens of an independent country. The Sun (2016) Humming-bird hawk moths are also often seen on it when they invade this country in hot summers. Times, Sunday Times All of them proved futile; therefore, leading to a decision in 1830 to invade the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each has invaded the country and, through bullying and backhanders, attempted to subdue its people and suborn its rulers. Times, Sunday Times Because men like my dad are the reason nobody invaded this country for one thousand years. The Sun Admonishing them to unite together instead of harassing one another, she reminds them that the true enemy are the nomads invading their country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Poor country, few assets, needs exports, finds buyer. Times, Sunday Times I have a friend who says if you're going to be poor, it's better to do it in a poor country. Christianity Today We know that a rich country that exists largely below sea level can thrive, while a poor country that exists largely below sea level cannot. Smithsonian Mag Everybody around us was a poor country farmer. Times, Sunday Times Note the expansive precision of the prose: this could be any poor country anywhere in the world. The Times Literary Supplement It hit me how poor and densely populated the country was. Times, Sunday Times The country covers just over 316km2 sqmi, making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An array of financial institutions populates the country's financial system, with pension funds and commercial banks being the two most important segments by asset size. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a vast, sparsely populated country, with little infrastructure, players frequently have to travel huge distances to games. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although it was marketed in several heavily populated countries, users were not quick to adapt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 India will overtake China to become the most populous country in the world. The Sun (2009) He has held together his vast and populous country over the past 30 years. Times, Sunday Times (2011) For the past decade the world's most populous country was the main source of demand growth. Times, Sunday Times (2014) And yet all this could easily pale into insignificance if the world 's most populous country were to repeat its own history. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The world's most populous country is responsible for about 40 per cent of global demand. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This is a prosperous country and the existence of poverty on its present scale is shaming. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The business of a strong leader is to build a prosperous country, secure in its justice for all its citizens. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Besides these strong performances there are some delicious ensemble scenes in which the absurdities of prosperous country life are sent up. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) Switzerland is a very prosperous country. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They have helped to rebuild a country and put it on the path towards reconciliation, investment and lasting security. The Sun They are pumping in 21,000 extra soldiers, billions of dollars and hundreds of civilian officials to help to rebuild the country. Times, Sunday Times I suggest we use five per cent of our foreign-aid budget to help rebuild their country. The Sun It's a compelling portait of the president and her attempts to rebuild the country. Times, Sunday Times It was supposed to provide a strong leader who could regain international confidence and unlock the billions required to rebuild the country. Times, Sunday Times This is a rich country and it should be a good one to grow old in. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The generals around him are complicit and we know they have destroyed this immensely rich country. The Sun (2008) We will become the richest country in the world - and just because of good old tax. Times, Sunday Times (2016) To get access to all the cables sent by all the diplomats working for the richest country. Times, Sunday Times (2013) No sovereign country should bend the knee to a foreign jurisdiction. The Sun (2017) If we remain, at some point in the not too distant future we will no longer be an independent sovereign country. The Sun (2016) The Sudan is a sovereign country. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He toured the country to rapturous applause. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Labour has splashed out on a bright red battle bus, and shadow cabinet ministers will take it in turns to tour the country. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Producers are touring the country to find potential entrants. The Sun (2010) He toured the country with a flask of tea and his pipe. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Others wondered why the volleyball team could not have simply taken reliable meat with them as they toured the country. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There are people who travel the country selling info to burglars. The Sun I travel the country meeting couples from all sorts of backgrounds. Times, Sunday Times I have to travel the country for my work selling productionline equipment and it's always been easy for me to cheat. The Sun Not only did you photograph attendees, but also the workers who travel the country to put on the fairs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This enabled him to travel the country for six months to study historic building repairs on site, visit quarries and meet craftsmen. Times, Sunday Times Still, many are daring to dream that the team will triumph, and unify the country. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He removed one king but after his own removal a royal restoration may yet help to unify the country he did so much to wreck. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He is intent on unifying the country, not further dividing it. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But the king no longer has the power to unify the country. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It takes a real leader to run and unite a country. The Sun A prime minister who truly wanted to unite the country would not have employed him. Times, Sunday Times He's become a figurehead to unite the country and bring people back together. Times, Sunday Times In some ways his first success was simply to unite a country fractured along tribal lines. Times, Sunday Times Whether football retains the power to unite a country divided, only time will tell. Times, Sunday Times Untidy displays and grocery clearance areas mean that after 5pm some stores look like a downat-heel outlet in a war-torn country. Times, Sunday Times The agency, which represents the world's biggest energy consumers, highlighted the world's dependence on the war-torn country for oil in its latest monthly report. Times, Sunday Times It was the latest in a spate of recent arrests at airports relating to the war-torn country. The Sun Having been assimilated, the likelihood of them wanting to return to a war-torn country would seem to be remote. Times, Sunday Times They were among 14 arrests in recent weeks by detectives investigating potential networks linked to the war-torn country. The Sun We are a wealthy country when it comes to how many times we say that lessons must be learnt. Times, Sunday Times This can have absurd sideeffects: some of the payments go to wealthy country house owners not making a serious attempt at farming at all. Times, Sunday Times Its phenomenal growth in the 1990s and first part of the last decade has not all been lost and it remains an essentially wealthy country. Times, Sunday Times You can be a wealthy country if you have oil and gas and still have unemployment. Times, Sunday Times You are talking about well less than 1 per cent of what you would spend to save a life in a wealthy country. Times, Sunday Times After exploring the city, drive south to wine country, around Margaret River, home to 150 vineyards. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They're in Beaujolais wine country. Times, Sunday Times (2015) From there we will explore the surrounding wine country. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 国家, 农村 Japanese: 国, 田舎 |
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