nation

nation（英 [ˈneɪʃn]，美 [ˈneɪʃn]），英语单词，作名词为民族；国家；北美印第安部落。例句：It was helpful to maintaining a nation's tradition.（这有助于保持一个国家的传统。）1

nation的近义词有country、state、folk等。1

基本信息

n.国家；民族；国民；政府

柯林斯高阶英汉双节学习词典：

N-COUNT 国家

A nation is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures. →see usage note at: country

2. N-SING 全体国民；国民

The nation is sometimes used to refer to all the people who live in a particular country.

复数：nations

派生词：nationhood

词根：nat（=born，表示“出生的，本土的”）

1. Albania is a small nationstate of around 3 million people.

阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。

2. Young people came from the four corners of the nation.

全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。

3. How much can the President relax his grip over the nation?

总统可以对国家的控制放松到什么样的程度？

4. The nation's unemployment rate has been climbing steadily since last June.