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

• By and large, these people are peace-loving, law-abiding citizens.
  大体上，这些人都是热爱和平、遵纪守法的公民。
• South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law
  南卡罗来纳州声称有权力免除该州公民遵守联邦法规的义务。
• The government is making plans to evacuate more than two hundred of its citizens from the troubled area.
  政府打算疏散200多名留在骚乱地区的公民。
• These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
  这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。
• 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。
• Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.
  太多的航空公司把我们的孩子当作二等公民对待。
• 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。
• Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country
  成千上万的公民正准备离开这个国家，以这一举动表示反对。
• The government has been involved in a disinformation campaign, deliberately misleading and harassing its citizens.
  政府已经卷入了一场造假运动，他们有意误导和扰乱民众生活。
• The President authorizes the judicious use of military force to protect our citizens.
  总统授权可以明智而审慎地动用军队保护我们的公民。