| 单词 | nation |
| 释义 | nation (once / 17 pages) n A nation is a country and its people. It's also the word used for the Native American tribal federations in the US — the Cherokee Nation, for instance — which have their own governments and territories. Nation comes from the Latin root nat-, which means "born" — the neonatal unit in a hospital is where the newborn babies are cared for. You can also use nation more loosely for ethnic or religious groups: you might speak of "the Jewish nation," meaning not just the country, or nation, of Israel, but Jews all over the world. The Nation of Islam is an African-American Muslim group. WORD FAMILYnation: national, nationhood, nations+/International: Internationals/denationalise: denationalisation, denationalised, denationalising/denationalize: denationalization, denationalized, denationalizes, denationalizing/international: internationalise, internationalism, internationality, internationalize, internationally/internationalise: internationalisation, internationalised, internationalising/internationalism: internationalist, internationalistic/internationalist: internationalists/internationality: internationalities/internationalize: internationalization, internationalized, internationalizes, internationalizing/national: International, international, multinational, nationalise, nationalism, nationality, nationalize, nationally, nationals, supranational, transnational/nationalise: denationalise, nationalisation, nationalised, nationalising/nationalism: nationalisms, nationalist, nationalistic, ultranationalism/nationalist: nationalists/nationalistic: nationalistically/nationality: nationalities/nationalization: nationalizations/nationalize: denationalize, nationalization, nationalized, nationalizes, nationalizing/nationhood: nationhoods/supranational: supranationally/ultranationalism: ultranationalistic USAGE EXAMPLESSeveral media reports said the man was believed to be from a Central Asian nation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Yes, this is still a nation of purple mountain majesties and fruited plains. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Would any nation in its right mind support the positions of a neighboring entity calling for the nation’s destruction? Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a politically organized body of people under a single government African nations students who had come to the nation's capitol Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state Tamil Eelam the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for Carthagean ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 commonwealth country any of the countries in the British Commonwealth developing countrya country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically Dominionone of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth foreign countryany state of which one is not a citizen Reichthe German state renegade state, rogue nation, rogue statea state that does not respect other states in its international actions suzeraina state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs sea powera nation that possesses formidable naval strength great power, major power, power, superpower, world powera state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world city state, city-statea state consisting of a sovereign city allya friendly nation Hohenzollern empire, Second Reichthe Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919) Nazi Germany, Third Reichthe Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945) hegemona leading or paramount power political entity, political unit a unit with political responsibilities 2n a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) the Shawnee nation Hypo|Hyper federation of tribes, tribe a federation (as of American Indians) confederacy, confederation, federation a union of political organizations 3n the people who live in a nation or country a statement that sums up the nation's mood the news was announced to the nation Syn|Hypo|Hyper country, land Dutch, Dutch people the people of the Netherlands British, British people, Britsthe people of Great Britain English, English peoplethe people of England Irish, Irish peoplepeople of Ireland or of Irish extraction French, French peoplethe people of France Spanish, Spanish peoplethe people of Spain Swiss, Swiss peoplethe natives or inhabitants of Switzerland Frisiana native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia Genevana native or resident of Geneva people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively Nation (once / 506 pages) n WORD FAMILY Nation: Nations USAGE EXAMPLESIsrael’s main ally, for allowing the United Nations to censure his government over its controversial plans to build new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The United Nations' court turned down the request last month. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) A week before that, his administration allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) n United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) Syn|Exp Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation dry, prohibitionist a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages |
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