na·tion
noun/ˈneɪʃn/
/ˈneɪʃn/
- [countable] a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government
国家；民族 - European/Arab/Asian nations
欧洲／阿拉伯／亚洲国家 - The West African nation of Togo has presidential elections this week.
西非国家多哥本周将举行总统选举。 - Developing nations need affordable access to drugs and medication.
发展中国家需要以负担得起的价格获得药品和药物。 - Fewer and fewer people in industrialized nations actually know where their food comes from.
在工业化国家，越来越少的人真正知道他们的食物来自哪里。 - Leaders of the nations signed a declaration of support.
各国元首签署了宣言表示支持。 - This is an important moment in our nation's history.
这是我国历史上的一个重要时刻。 - Germans celebrated yesterday in Berlin, the nation's capital.
德国人昨天在首都柏林庆祝。
Extra Examples- The Soviet Union sent aid to the island nation of Cuba.
苏联向岛国古巴给予援助。 - They discussed how to revive the nation's economy.
他们讨论了如何重振国家经济。 - The Republic of Surinam was established as an independent nation in 1985.
苏里南共和国于1985年作为独立国家成立。 - Russia was host nation for the 2018 World Cup.
俄罗斯是 2018 年世界杯的主办国。 - In 1950 the UK was the world's largest debtor nation and the US the largest creditor.
1950 年，英国是世界上最大的债务国，而美国则是最大的债权国。 - The biggest task of the government was to address national unity and nation building.
政府的最大任务就是实现民族团结和建设国家。 - They hoped that the exhibition would enhance the cultural life of the nation.
他们希望这次展览有助于提高全国的文化生活水平。 - They wanted to create a new nation.
他们想建立一个新国家。 - economic inequality among the nations of the world
世界各国间的经济不平等 - swings in public opinion across the nation
全国舆论的摇摆不定 - the imperialist expansion of Western nations in the 1880s
19 世纪 80 年代西方国家的帝国主义扩张 - the member nations of the UN
联合国的成员国 - the richest nation on earth
世界上最富有的国家 - the threat of attack from terrorists or rogue nations
来自恐怖分子或流氓国家攻击的威胁 - Leaders of the G8 leading industrial nations backed the plan.
主要工业化国家的八国集团领导人支持这一计划。 - Tanzania, Kenya and other east African nations have been particularly affected.
坦桑尼亚、肯尼亚和其他东非国家受到的影响尤其严重。 - The leaders of some of the world's most powerful nations attended the meeting.
世界上一些最强大国家的领导人出席了会议。 - The programme is aimed at training more doctors in developing nations.
该计划旨在培训发展中国家更多的医生。 - Sovereign nations have the right to control over their own natural resources.
主权国家有权控制自己的自然资源。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
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- build
- create
- divide
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- state
- across a/the nation
- among nations
- in a/the nation
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- the birth of a/the nation
- the interests of a/the nation
- the life of a/the nation
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- European/Arab/Asian nations
- [singular] all the people in a country
国民 - The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.
好像全国的人都在看电视。 - They are a nation of food lovers.
这个国家的人爱好美食。
Extra Examples- The entire nation mourned her death.
举国上下都对她的逝世表示哀悼。 - the savage murder that shocked the nation
震惊全国的凶残谋杀案 - The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the nation.
与恐怖主义的斗争似乎把全国人民团结了起来。 - In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war.
这个国家整体上没有发动战争的欲望。 - The new economic policies were in the best interests of the nation at large.
新的经济政策符合国家的整体利益。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
- small
- …
- build
- create
- divide
- …
- state
- across a/the nation
- among nations
- in a/the nation
- …
- the birth of a/the nation
- the interests of a/the nation
- the life of a/the nation
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- The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.
- a native North American people
北美原住民 - Minnesota is home to 11 tribal nations.
明尼苏达州有 11 个部落国家。 - the Dakota/Cheyenne nation
达科他/夏延民族
Extra Examples- The team is made up of riders from Navajo, Cherokee, Sioux and Chippewa tribal nations.
该车队由来自纳瓦霍族、切罗基族、苏族和齐佩瓦族部落的骑手组成。 - Indigenous nations had been left out of the planning and delivery of the project.
土著民族被排除在该项目的规划和实施之外。
- Minnesota is home to 11 tribal nations.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin natio(n-), from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.