locals

英 [ˈləʊkəlz]

美

n.  当地人; 本地人; 住处附近的酒吧; (工会的)地方分会
local的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 本地的；本地的；地方性的
  Localmeans existing in or belonging to the area where you live, or to the area that you are talking about.
  1. We'd better check on the match in the local paper...
     我们最好在本地报纸上查一下这场比赛。
  2. Some local residents joined the students' protest...
     当地一些居民也加入了学生的抗议行列。
  3. I was going to pop up to the local library.
     我正打算到邻近的图书馆跑一趟。
  4. Thelocalsare local people.
     本地人；当地居民
  5. That's what the locals call the place.
     当地人就是这么叫这个地方的。
• ADJ （政府）地方的，当地的
  Localgovernment is elected by people in one area of a country and controls aspects such as education, housing, and transport within that area.
  1. Education comprises two-thirds of all local council spending.
     教育占地方市政会全部开支的三分之二。
  2. ...the controversial system of local taxation known as the poll tax.
     被称为“人头税”的备受争议的地方税制
• N-COUNT (常去的)邻近小酒馆，本地酒吧
  Yourlocalis a pub which is near where you live and where you often go for a drink.
  1. The Black Horse is my local.
     “黑马”是我常去的附近酒吧。
• ADJ 局部的
  Alocalanaesthetic or condition affects only a small area of your body.
  1. An injection of local anaesthetic is usually given first to numb the area.
     通常先打局麻，以使该部位失去知觉。

双语例句

• It is doubtful whether Tweed, even with his fluent French, passed for one of the locals
  尽管特威德能说一口流利的法语，他是否能被当作当地人还很难说。
• He preached the Gospel to the heathen locals from this spot.
  他曾在这里向不信教的当地人宣讲《福音书》。
• I sensed that the locals had had enough.
  我感到当地人已经受够了。
• The locals are hospitable and welcoming
  当地人热情好客。
• So now you have a drink, but what about meeting the locals?
  好，你现在喝上酒了，那又怎么和当地人接触呢？
• The caf é was popular with locals, and not with the more respectable locals at that.
  那家咖啡馆很受当地人欢迎，不过不包括当地那些更有身份的人。
• My friends who have done so were able to move freely& talk to locals openly.
  我的朋友在那里能自由的活动，和当地人自由的交谈。
• Locals often have bitter memories of rapacious Western colonialists and Arab slave traders.
  当地人普遍对贪婪的西方殖民者和阿拉伯奴隶贩子有着苦涩的回忆。
• Can you show me some sandals that are popular with the locals?
  你能给我看一些本地流行的凉鞋吗？
• So I can be regarded as authentic locals.
  所以我也可以算是地道的本地人。