| 单词 | national |
| 释义 | national (once / 23 pages) adjn National is an adjective that refers to something or someone that belongs to a nation or country. Baseball is the national pastime of the United States. The word national describes anything that is common to, shared by, or represents a group of people or a place that is considered a nation, like the national anthem sung before the national pastime of baseball. National statistics provide information about a country as a whole. During times of war, the national mood is usually tense and sad. A national is also a citizen of a nation. You might be called an “American national” if you are an American living in Paris. WORD FAMILYnational: International, international, multinational, nationalise, nationalism, nationality, nationalize, nationally, nationals, supranational, transnational+/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/nation: national, nationhood, nations/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 EXAMPLESAs part of its advice, National Debtline recommends that consumers: BBC(Jan 03, 2017) But Washington is rarely on national television, something that irks Wall to no end. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Police say Caldwell failed a field sobriety test leaving the MGM National Harbor on opening night. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country national hero national anthem a national landmark 2adj concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country the national government national elections of national concern the national highway system national forests Syn|Ant federal national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units local relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area 3adj of or relating to nationality national origin 4adj limited to or in the interests of a particular nation national interests isolationism is a strictly national policy Syn|Ant domestic of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation nationalist, nationalisticdevotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others international concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations foreignof concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) global, planetary, world, world-wide, worldwideinvolving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope internationalist, internationalisticinfluenced by or advocating internationalism multinational, transnationalinvolving or operating in several nations or nationalities supranationaltranscending established national boundaries or spheres of interest 5adj owned or maintained for the public by the national government national parks Syn public not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole 6adj inside the country Syn home, interior, internal domestic of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation 7adj characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation a national trait 8n a person who owes allegiance to that nation Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper subject Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Maud GonneIrish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953) Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura KosciuszkoPolish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) Giuseppe MazziniItalian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) citizen a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community compatriota person from your own country nationalist, patriotone who loves and defends his or her country active citizena citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch) chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteeran extreme bellicose nationalist civiliana nonmilitary citizen countrymana man from your own country countrywomana woman from your own country freeman, freewomana person who is not a serf or a slave private citizena citizen who does not hold any official or public position repatriatea person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored thanea man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) elector, votera citizen who has a legal right to vote individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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