citizens

英 [ˈsɪtɪznz]

美 [ˈsɪtəzənz]

n.  公民; 居民; 市民
citizen的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 公民;国民
  Someone who is acitizenof a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
  1. ...American citizens...
     美国公民
  2. The life of ordinary citizens began to change.
     老百姓的生活开始发生变化。
• N-COUNT 城镇居民;市民
  Thecitizens ofa town or city are the people who live there.
  1. ...the citizens of Buenos Aires.
     布宜诺斯艾利斯的市民
• See also:senior citizen

双语例句

• These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
  这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。
• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens 'civil rights
  外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• The article was insulting to the families of British citizens
  那篇文章侮辱了英国公民家庭。
• She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.
  她指责说，外交部未能给在海外被捕的英国公民提供支持是可耻的。
• Many senior citizens have been through two world wars
  很多年长的公民都经历了两次世界大战。
• British and American warships are standing by to evacuate their citizens if necessary
  英国和美国的战舰已准备好在必要时将本国公民撤离出去。
• The United States is sending a naval task force to the area to evacuate American citizens.
  美国正要派遣一支海军特遣队赶赴该地区疏散美国公民。
• Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens but they have no representation in Congress.
  波多黎各人是美国公民，但是他们在国会里没有代表。
• Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.
  数以千计的美国公民检举过这些有组织的犯罪团伙。
• The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
  1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。