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n.本地人,土产,土人 adj.本国的,出生地的,本地的,与生俱来的,天赋的,土产的,土著的

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名词:nativeness 副词:natively

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nat=born(出生;天生)

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indigenous  natural  original  alien  foreign    

native


/'neɪtɪv; `netɪv/
n
1 (a) person born in a place, country, etc, and associated with it by birth 当地人; 本国人
*a native of London, Wales, India, Kenya 伦敦、威尔士、印度、肯尼亚的本地人.
(b) local inhabitant 当地居民
*When we're on holiday in Greece, we live like the natives. 我们在希腊度假时, 就像当地人那样生活. 2(esp offensive 尤作轻蔑语) local inhabitant as distinguished from immigrants, visitors, etc, when the race to which he belongs is regarded as less civilized 土著; 土人
*The white people here don't mix socially with the natives. 这里的白种人不与土人交往.
* the first meeting between Captain Cook and the natives (ie the aboriginal inhabitants) of Australia 库克上校与澳洲土著的初次会面.
3 animal or plant that lives or grows naturally in a certain area 天然生长于某地的动物或植物
*The kangaroo is a native of Australia. 袋鼠是产于澳洲的动物.

adj
1 associated with the place and circumstances of one's birth 出生地的; 与出生地有关的
*one's native land, city, etc 故土、故里
* Her native language/tongue is German. 她的母语是德语.
2 of natives(1a) 当地人的
*native customs, rituals, etc 当地人的风俗、礼仪等.
3 (of qualities) belonging to a person's basic personality or character, not acquired by education, training, etc (指品质)与生俱来的, 天赋的, 天生的
*He has a great deal of native intelligence, ability, charm, etc. 他天生聪明、能力强、有魅力等等. 4~ to... (of plants, animals, etc) originating in a place (指动植物等)原产于某地的
*plants native to America, eg tobacco, potatoes 原产于美洲的植物(如烟草、马铃薯)
* The tiger is native to India. 这种虎原产于印度.
5 (idm 习语) go `native (esp joc 尤作戏谑语) (of an immigrant, a visitor, etc) adopt the customs of the local people and abandon those of one's own (指移民、访客等)接受土著的(而放弃自己的)风俗习惯, 同化
*He's emigrated to the USA and gone completely native. 他已移居美国, 完全成了美国人.
1. Because Australia's native people and black Africans share such superficial characteristics as skin color and body shape, they were widely assumed to be closely related.
    因为澳洲土著和非洲黑人之间有一些共同的外表特征,如肤色、体型等,所以普遍认为他们有较近的亲缘关系。

2. When Kizzy was four or five, the African would take her by the hand and lead her round the farm and teach her names of things in his native tongue: one word for tree, another for rock, another for cow.
    当吉西四五岁的时候,老非洲就拉着她的手带她去农场转上一圈,教她用土著语说出各种事物的名称:一个词代表着“树”,一个词代表“岩石”,另一个词代表“母牛”。

3. The Hopi, a native people of North America, used to have a very different idea about freedom.
    霍皮族-北美的一支土人-以前有着一种与其他民族很不相同的有关婚姻自由的观念。

4. The government promises it will protect the region’s native people, but questions remain as to its true level of commitment.
    巴西政府承诺,将保护该地区的土著居民,但人们对这个承诺的可信度仍心存疑虑。

5. The native whites rode dusty horses, and the northern tourists traveled down the sandy village road in automobiles.
    本地的白人骑着风尘仆仆的马匹,而北方来的旅游者则驾着汽车沿着乡下的沙土路一路驶来。

6. Karl Marx was born in Germany, and German was his native language.
    卡尔 马克思生于德国, 德语是他的本族语.

7. Karl Marx was born in Germany, and German was his native language.
    卡尔 马克思生于德国, 德语是他的本族语.

8. He has been away from his native Poland for three years.
    他离开故土波兰已有三年了。

9. During his sojourn in Africa he learned much about native customs.
    他在寄居非洲期间,学得了许多当地的风俗。

10. During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my native country, India, used to wave the slogan "Stop the Brain Drain" — a reference to the fact that the cream of India was leaving for the lucrative shores of England and America.
    在20世纪60和70年代,我的祖国印度的政客们常常喊着"制止人才外流"的口号, 它所指的实际上是这样一个事实: 印度的精英们正在离开印度,到能够赚钱的国家——英国和美国去。

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