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a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country 公民 The defeat of the president did not change the lives of ordinary citizens for the better. 总统的失败并没有让普通公民的生活变得更好。 an economic slowdown that has left millions of our fellow citizens unemployed 经济放缓导致数百万同胞失业 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。 Polish citizens living in other parts of the European Union 居住在欧盟其他地区的波兰公民 the government's failure to address the concerns of the average citizen 政府未能解决普通公民的担忧 In light of the unrest in the country, the US embassy has urged private citizens to leave. 鉴于该国的动荡，美国大使馆敦促公民离开。 I became a naturalized American citizen when I was 18. 我18岁的时候成为了一名归化的美国公民。 He said the primary responsibility of a state is to protect its citizens from attack. 他说，一个国家的首要责任是保护其公民免受攻击。 This shows that the government respects the rights of citizens. 这表明政府尊重公民的权利。 - citizen of something
Some politicians seem to be treating the citizens of this country with contempt. 一些政客似乎在蔑视这个国家的公民。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2They are fighting for acceptance as full citizens of the country. 他们为争取成为这个国家的正式公民而斗争。 Citizens of other European countries do not need work permits. 其他欧洲国家的公民不需要工作许可证。 He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States. 他后来成为美国公民。 The issues that interested most French citizens were domestic rather than foreign. 大多数法国公民感兴趣的是国内问题，而不是国外问题。
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a person who lives in a particular place 居民；市民 When you're old, people treat you like a second-class citizen. 当你年迈时，人们会把你当成二等公民对待。 There have been meetings of concerned citizens over proposed development plans. 关心此事的公民已经就拟议的发展计划举行了会议。 - citizen of something
the decent, law-abiding citizens of this city 这个城市正派守法的公民 the citizens of Budapest 布达佩斯市民
Extra ExamplesOur job is to protect the citizens of Belfast and make it a safe city to live in. 我们的工作是保护贝尔法斯特的公民，让它成为一个安全的城市。 minorities who felt they had been treated as second-class citizens 感觉被当作二等公民对待的少数民族 This terrible crime has shocked all law-abiding citizens. 这桩可怕的罪行震惊了所有守法公民。 She is a prominent citizen of the town. 她是那个城市的杰出市民。 Gay people have had enough of being treated as second-class citizens. 同性恋者受够了二等公民待遇。 It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen. 新法将对普通公民产生怎样的影响还不清楚。 The king was visiting France as a private citizen. 国王正以平民身分访问法国。 lawsuits brought against private citizens 针对平民的诉讼
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
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- somebody’s fellow citizens
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French citezein, alteration (probably influenced by deinzein ‘denizen’) of Old French citeain, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’.