African 词态变化
复数: Africans;
African 中文词源
African 非洲人来自腓尼基语afar, 指尘土，沙土。原仅指北非一小片区域，后指整个非洲大陆。
African 英文词源
- African (n.)
- Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from late 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1789 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."
African 英文释义
- 1. a native or inhabitant of Africa
African 双语例句
- 1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.
- 并且一些非洲国家也被漏掉了。
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- 2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
- 非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈。
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- 3. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
- 当代非洲电影在活力和新颖性上颇足称道。
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- 4. They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
- 他们升起非洲人国民大会的旗帜。
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- 5. The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
- 除非受恶劣天气干扰，南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。
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African 实用场景例句
- The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
- 除非受恶劣天气干扰，南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。
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- The South African president has negotiated an end to white-minority rule.
- 南非总统已通过谈判达成协议，结束了少数白人的统治。
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- The South African years were his most creative period.
- 在南非的那些年是他创作最旺盛的时期。
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- "Morris" is an English corruption of "Moorish", meaning North African.
- Morris在英语中是Moorish的变体，意思是“北非的”。
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- a South African passport
- 南非护照
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- Nigeria provided a large contingent of troops to the West African Peacekeeping Force.
- 尼日利亚向西非维和部队派遣了一大批军队。
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- This wine highlights the quality and value for money of South African wines.
- 这种酒突出显示了南非产葡萄酒优异的性价比。
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- A South African television report said the ship was ablaze from stem to stern.
- 南非一则电视新闻报道称，那艘船从头到尾都着了火。
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- The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport.
- 橄榄球运动在“非国大”受到抨击，因为它是南非体育的软肋。
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- The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them.
- 西非部队对袭击者展开全力还击。
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- It seems almost inevitable that North African economies will still be primarily oriented towards Europe.
- 看来北非经济体几乎注定还将以欧洲为主导。
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- Lime preserved in salt is a north African speciality which is used to flavour chicken dishes.
- 盐渍的酸橙是北非的一种特产，在烹制鸡肉时用来调味。
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- The murder weapon was part of a haul stolen in a raid on a South African air-force arsenal in 1990.
- 1990年南非空军武器库遭到突袭，这件凶器就是当时被盗走的武器中的一件。
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- He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire.
- 他受西非经济共同体的委托介入并执行停火协定。
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- Zidane has become the poster child for a whole generation of French-born youths of North African extraction.
- 齐达内已成为在法国出生、有着北非血统的年轻一代的典范。
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