| 单词 | nation |
| 释义 | nation —nationhood, n. —nationless, adj. /nay"sheuhn/, n. 1. a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax. 2. the territory or country itself: the nations of Central America. 3. a member tribe of an American Indian confederation. 4. an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages. [1250-1300; ME < L nation- (s. of natio) birth, tribe, equiv. to nat(us) (ptp. of nasci to be born) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 1. See race2. 2. state, commonwealth, kingdom, realm. |
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