population
[.pɔpju'leiʃən]解释
n. 人口
例句与用法
We have a growing population and therefore we need more food.
我们的人口在增长,因此我们需要更多的食物。
The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.
所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。
The main impediment to development is the country's large population.
发展的主要障碍是这个国家人口太多。
There has been a steady decrease in population in this city.
这个城市的人口在持续下降。
On one hand, one rule limits the women's colleges to300 members, and on the other hand, another rule allows the total number of women to be1/50 of the male undergraduate population.
一方面一个规章制定在校的女生数限于300人,另一方面,另一规定又允许女生总数占男生人数的五分之一。
The density of population in this city is very high.
这个城市的人口密度非常高。
What is the population of this country?
这个国家的人口是多少?
英英解释
名词 population:
the people who inhabit a territory or state
a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
同义词:universe
the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
the act of populating (causing to live in a place)