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

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens 'civil rights
  外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.
  有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates.
  数以千计的美国公民检举过这些有组织的犯罪团伙。
• The United States is making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1,200 American citizens
  美国正在为运送1,200名美国公民的大规模空运做准备。
• Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.
  有些政府窥探无辜公民的生活——这一事实已经众所周知。
• The President authorizes the judicious use of military force to protect our citizens.
  总统授权可以明智而审慎地动用军队保护我们的公民。
• Their citizens are very thankful they are not governed by a dictator.
  他们的公民十分庆幸没有受独裁者的统治。
• By and large, these people are peace-loving, law-abiding citizens.
  大体上，这些人都是热爱和平、遵纪守法的公民。