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小知识
Population means the number of people in a geographic area. The population of Wyoming is just shy of 600,000 people, but the population of California is nearly 40 million!
This word can also be used for subgroups of people. If you plan to start an all-ages ping pong league, you'll want to determine the population of table-tennis enthusiasts in your hometown. Population can apply to groups of animals, too. Because of the worldwide decrease in the panda population, giant pandas are now an endangered species. The word population, like the word populace, derives from the Latin populus, meaning “people.”
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常用短语
单词用法
特指某一地区或某一国家的“人口”时,则前常加冠词the。
population用作可数名词,表示一个地区的“特定人群”“动物群”时,其前常加定冠词the。population是集合名词,有时可加不定冠词,有时可用复数形式。
rural population农村人口
population density人口密度;种群密度
floating population流动人口
词根词缀
词根: popul
=people 表示”人民” demo- dem-
adj.
popular 流行的popul人民+ar…的→adj.流行的
populous 人口稠密的;人口多的popul人民+ous……的→adj.人口稠密的;人口多的
n.
populace 平民,大众popul人民[平民]+ace名词字尾→n.平民,大众
popularity 大众性,通俗性popular流行的+ity性质→n.大众性,通俗性
popularization 普及,推广,通俗化popularize大众化,推广+ation表名词→n.普及,推广,通俗化
popularizer 普及者,推广者popularize推广+er人→n.普及者,推广者
population 全体居民,人口popul人民+ation表名词→n.全体居民,人口
v.
depopulate 使[某地]人口减少,减少人口de去掉,除去+popul人民[人口],+ate使……→去掉人口
popularize [使]大众化,[使]普及,推广popular流行的+ize……化,使……→v.[使]大众化,[使]普及,推广
populate 使人民居住于…中,使人口集中在…之中,移民于…popul人民+ate使……→v.使人民居住于…中,使人口集中在…之中,移民于…
repopulate 使人民重新居住于…re一再+populate使人民重新居住于…→v.使人民重新居住于…
同义词
同根词
词根:populate
adj.populated粒子数增加的
populous人口稠密的;人口多的
v.populated居住于…中;构成…的人口(populate的过去分词)
vt.populate居住于;构成人口;移民于;殖民于