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

• Thanks to a group of public-spirited citizens, the Krippendorf garden has been preserved.
  多亏了一些热心公益的市民，克里彭多夫花园才得以保留了下来。
• The Prime Minister said: 'I am anxious that the law should protect decent law-abiding citizens and their property'
  首相说：“我非常希望法律能保护正派的守法公民和他们的财产。”
• These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
  这些建筑禁止普通公民入内。
• 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。
• The government kept dossiers on thousands of its citizens.
  政府保存着成千上万个公民的档案。
• Citizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.
  东贝鲁特的市民们躲进了地下室和掩体中。
• 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。
• The United States will do that which is necessary to meet its obligations to its own citizens
  美国将为自己的公民尽其应尽的义务。
• 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。