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单词 public square
释义

public square

noun

1
: an open public area in a city or town where people gather
St. Mark's Square in Venice is sinking at a time when this Italian city's popularity is rising. The world's most famous public square now floods an average of three out of every five days. Tom Crosby
2
: the sphere of public opinion
In an August 2007 speech, then-New York governor Eliot Spitzer expounded upon Reinhold Niebuhr and the virtues of humility in the public square. Lisa Miller
… using legal action to cow an opponent into silence, and withdrawal from the public square. Mark Steyn

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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