| 单词 | citizenship |
| 释义 | citizenship (once / 1034 pages) n Citizenship is the status of being a citizen. If you have citizenship in a country, you have the right to live there, work, vote, and pay taxes! Citizenship comes from the Latin word for city, because in the earlier days of human governments, people identified themselves as belonging to cities more than countries. Citizenship is more than merely living somewhere. If you have citizenship, you have a whole set of rights that non-citizens might not have. Usually you have citizenship in the country you're born in, but if you're an immigrant from somewhere else, you have to apply for it. WORD FAMILYcitizenship: citizenships+/citizen: citizens, citizenship, noncitizen/noncitizen: noncitizens USAGE EXAMPLESNebraska State Tax Commissioner Tony Fulton said Amazon is “exhibiting responsible corporate citizenship. “The tax is owed,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Critics, however, blast the practice as a way to gain citizenship for children by unfairly gaming the immigration system. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Bush administration, rewards foreign investors with a path to citizenship if they put money into a job-creating economic development project. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the status of a citizen with rights and duties Hyper legal status a status defined by law 2n conduct as a citizen award for good citizenship Hyper behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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