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populace

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n.平民

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populace为短语/超纲词汇

词根

popul,publ=people(人)

populace


/'pɒpjʊləs; `pɑpjələs/
(usu 通常作 the populace) n [Gp] (fml 文) the general public; ordinary people 民众; 平民; 百姓; 人民大众
*He had the support of large sections of the populace. 他获得大多数民众的支持.
* The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change. 人民群众普遍反对突然实行的变革.

populace


n [singular also + plural verb British English]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin:Italian popolaccio 'crowd', from popolo 'people']
the people who live in a country
 the effects of the war on the local populace