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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- population
[pɔpju'leɪʃən]
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noun
[c]
(inhabitants) 人口
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2.
noun
the male/civilian/elephant population 男性/平民/大象的数量
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a prison population of 44,000
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44，000名囚犯
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- population
[ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən]
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n.[c/u]
全体居民
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The government terrified the population into accepting the existence of the police.
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政府胁迫全体人民接受警察的存在。
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The population seemed to be well fed and clothed.
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人们看来丰衣足食。
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2.
n.[c/u]
一类生物；生物群
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They offer good opportunities for photographing the local bird population.
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他们提供了很好的机会让我们为当地鸟群拍照。
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They hired hunters to keep down the deer population.
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他们聘请猎人来减少鹿群数量。
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3.
n.[c]
[Statistics]
群数，总体，母体
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Our peers said that we needed to increase the size of the population for our study.
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我们的同行说我们需要扩大我们所研究的人口群。
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It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
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这是估算出的人口平均数。
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4.
n.[c/u]
人口，特定人群
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This city's population equals the entire population of Canada.
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这座城市的人口相当于加拿大的全部人口。
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People come and go but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade.
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人们来来去去，但这个城市的人口在过去十年大致保持不变。
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The African-American population of salt lake city has been increasing.
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盐湖城的非洲籍美国人不断增加。
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5.
n.[c]
移民
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The quick population of the new city is astounding.
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新城市移民人口增长之迅速，让人瞠目结舌。
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He deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.
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他谴责将被判刑的罪犯移民到殖民地的做法。
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6.
n.[u]
人口密度，动物聚居的密度
Collins English-English Dictionary
- population
["pɒpjυ'leɪʃən]
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n
[statistics]
universe the entire finite or infinite aggregate of individuals or items from which samples are drawn
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2.
n
[sometimes functioning as plural]
all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place
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3.
n
the number of such inhabitants
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4.
n
[sometimes functioning as plural]
all the people of a particular race or class in a specific area
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the Chinese population of San Francisco
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5.
n
the act or process of providing a place with inhabitants; colonization
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6.
n
[ecology]
a group of individuals of the same species inhabiting a given area
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7.
n
[Astronomy]
either of two main groups of stars classified according to age and location. Population I consists of younger metal-rich hot white stars, many occurring in galactic clusters and forming the arms of spiral galaxies. Stars of population II are older, the brightest being red giants, and are found in the centre of spiral and elliptical galaxies in globular clusters
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the density of population
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人口密度
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the population explosion
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人口激增
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the Japanese population of Hawaii
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夏威夷的日本人
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Famine decimated the population.
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饥荒使大部分人丧生。
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The American Midwest is commonly referred to as the Bible belt of America because of the high population of Christians living in the area.
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美国中西部通常被称为圣经地带，因为在那儿居住着很多基督徒。
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