citizen

英 ['s?t?z(?)n] 美['s?t?zn]
  • n. 公民;市民;老百姓

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?citizens;

中文詞源


citizen 公民

來自city,城市,城市居民。拼寫受denizen 影響。

英文詞源


citizen
citizen: [14] The Latin word for ‘citizen’ was cīvis. From it was formed the derivative cīvitās ‘citizenship, city state’, from which English gets city. From this in turn a new derivative was formed in Vulgar Latin, *cīvitātānus ‘citizen’, replacing the original cīvis. This found its way, much changed, into Old French as citeain (whence modern French citoyen). Anglo- Norman altered the Old French form to citezein, possibly on analogy with Anglo-Norman deinzein ‘denizen’.
citizen (n.)
early 14c., "inhabitant of a city," from Anglo-French citezein (spelling subsequently altered, probably by influence of denizen), from Old French citeien "city-dweller, town-dweller, citizen" (12c., Modern French citoyen), from cite (see city) + -ain (see -ian). Replaced Old English burhsittend and ceasterware. Sense of "inhabitant of a country" is late 14c. Citizen's arrest recorded from 1941; citizen's band (radio) from 1947. Citizen of the world (late 15c.) translates Greek kosmopolites.

雙語例句


1. I invite every citizen to carefully study the document.
我請每位市民都仔細研讀該文件。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.
她生于意大利,但現(xiàn)在是澳大利亞公民。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. She became a US citizen.
她成了美國公民。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.
保衛(wèi)我們偉大的祖國是每一個公民應(yīng)盡的義務(wù).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He became a British citizen, thereby gaining the right to vote.
他成了英國公民, 因而得到了投票權(quán).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》