citizen

英 ['sɪtɪz(ə)n]美 ['sɪtɪzn]

n. 公民；市民；老百姓

中文词源

citizen 公民

来自city,城市，城市居民。拼写受denizen 影响。

英文词源

citizen

citizen: [14] The Latin word for ‘citizen’ was cīvis. From it was formed the derivative cīvitās ‘citizenship, city state’, from which English gets city. From this in turn a new derivative was formed in Vulgar Latin, *cīvitātānus ‘citizen’, replacing the original cīvis. This found its way, much changed, into Old French as citeain (whence modern French citoyen). Anglo- Norman altered the Old French form to citezein, possibly on analogy with Anglo-Norman deinzein ‘denizen’.

citizen (n.)

early 14c., "inhabitant of a city," from Anglo-French citezein (spelling subsequently altered, probably by influence of denizen), from Old French citeien "city-dweller, town-dweller, citizen" (12c., Modern French citoyen), from cite (see city) + -ain (see -ian). Replaced Old English burhsittend and ceasterware. Sense of "inhabitant of a country" is late 14c. Citizen's arrest recorded from 1941; citizen's band (radio) from 1947. Citizen of the world (late 15c.) translates Greek kosmopolites.

双语例句

1. I invite every citizen to carefully study the document.

我请每位市民都仔细研读该文件。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.

她生于意大利，但现在是澳大利亚公民。

来自《权威词典》

3. She became a US citizen.

她成了美国公民。

来自《权威词典》

4. It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.

保卫我们伟大的祖国是每一个公民应尽的义务.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He became a British citizen, thereby gaining the right to vote.

他成了英国公民, 因而得到了投票权.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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