英汉词典

country 基本解释

• n. 国家，国土；国民；乡下，农村；乡村；故乡
• adj. 祖国的，故乡的；地方的，乡村的；国家的；粗鲁的；乡村音乐的

country 词态变化

country 中文词源

来自counter-, 相对，原指相对于他国而言的本国土地，即国家。后相对于城市而言的土地，即乡村。

country 英文词源

country

country: [13] Etymologically, the meaning of country is virtually ‘surroundings’. It originated in medieval Latin contrātus ‘lying on the opposite side’, an adjective formed from the proposition contrā ‘against, opposite’. This was used in the phrase terra contrāta ‘land opposite or before one, spread out around one’, and soon broke free to act as a noun in its own right.

In Old French it became cuntree, the form in which it was borrowed into English. Its original notion of ‘area of land’ had quickly become narrowed down to ‘district controlled or occupied by a particular people’, hence ‘nation’, but its use for ‘rural areas as opposed to cities’ does not seem to have developed until the 16th century. The compound countryside originated in Scotland and northern England, probably in the 17th century.

country (n.)

mid-13c., "district, native land," from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrata "(land) lying opposite," or "(land) spread before one," from Latin contra "opposite, against" (see contra-). Sense narrowed 1520s to rural areas, as opposed to cities. Replaced Old English land. As an adjective from late 14c. First record of country-and-western music style is from 1942. Country club first recorded 1886. Country mile "a long way" is from 1915, American English.

country 词组搭配

country 英文释义

1. the territory occupied by a nation;

"he returned to the land of his birth"

"he visited several European countries"

2. a politically organized body of people under a single government;

"the state has elected a new president"

"African nations"

"students who had come to the nation's capitol"

"the country's largest manufacturer"

"an industrialized land"

3. the people who live in a nation or country;

"a statement that sums up the nation's mood"

"the news was announced to the nation"

"the whole country worshipped him"

4. an area outside of cities and towns;

"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

5. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

"it was a mountainous area"

"Bible country"

country 同义词解析

nation, state, country, land, power

这些名词均含"国家"之意。

nation： 普通用词，指在某一国土定居的人民、民族，强调人民。

state： 正式用词，指政治概念上的国家，即由政府所代表的国家。

country： 普通用词，侧重国土与人民。

land： 常用于文学中，侧重国土，带感情色彩。

power： 特指拥有强大军事力量，在国际事务中有较强权威或影响的国家，即强国、大国。

country 双语例句

1. Many areas in the country'sinterior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.

该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。

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2. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.

该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。

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3. The rail strike is causing major disruptions at the country's ports.

铁路罢工使该国港口陷入了一片混乱。

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4. It is hard to get hold of guns in this country.

在这个国家里要搞到枪支是很困难的。

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5. Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily contaminated with toxic wastes.

全国的核武器工厂均受到了有毒废弃物的严重污染。

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country 实用场景例句

It's good to meet people from different parts of the country .

结识来自这个国家不同地区的人是有益的。

牛津词典

open/wooded, etc. country

空旷、树木繁茂等的地区

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superb walking country

最佳的徒步旅行区域

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Explore Thomas Hardy country.

踏访托马斯·哈代小说描写的地区。

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They have the support of most of the country.

他们有大多数国民的支持。

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The rich benefited from the reforms, not the country as a whole .

富人而不是全体国民得益于这些改革。

牛津词典

to live in the country

住在乡下

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We spent a pleasant day in the country.

我们在乡下度过了愉快的一天。

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a country lane

乡间小路

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pop, folk and country

流行、民间和乡村音乐

牛津词典

riding across country

骑马穿过田野

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She didn't know what life in a foreign country would be like.

她不知道外国的生活会是什么样。

牛津词典

European countries

欧洲国家

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leading industrial countries

最重要的工业国家

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The Prime Minister does not have to go to the country for another year.

首相明年也不用举行大选。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We've just moved all the way across country to begin a new life.

我们刚刚经过长途的搬迁来这里开始一种新生活。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was cycling along a country road near Compiegne...

她正骑车行进在贡比涅附近的乡村道路上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Varese Ligure is a small town in mountainous country east of Genoa.

瓦雷泽古雷是位于热那亚以东山区的一座小城。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...some of the best walking country in the Sierras...

喜艾拉生态保护区内一些最适宜散步的地区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

For a long time I just wanted to play country music.

有很长一段时间我只想弹奏乡村音乐。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a famous country singer named Katie Cocker.

一位名为凯蒂·科克尔的著名乡村乐歌手

柯林斯高阶英语词典

From here we walked across country to Covington.

我们从这儿走乡间小路去卡温顿。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a healthy life in the country...

乡下的健康生活

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world.

印度尼西亚是世界上第四大人口大国。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...that disputed boundary between the two countries...

两国之间存有争议的边境地区

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The country had confounded the pundits by electing a fourth-term Tory government...

该国国民连续四次选举托利党来执掌政府，这令专家们困惑不已。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports.

该国70%的人反对猎兽活动。

柯林斯高阶英语词典