• n. 大眾；平民；人口

popul-,人，民眾，-ace,名詞后綴。

populace (n.)

1570s, from Middle French populace (16c.), from Italian popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from Latin populus "people;" see people (n.)) + pejorative suffix -accio.

1. He had the support of large sections of the local populace.

他受到當(dāng)?shù)卮蟛糠职傩盏膿碜o(hù)。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. Many of the city's populace travel to work by subway or bus.

許多城市的平民都是坐地鐵或公共汽車(chē)上下班.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace.

作為報(bào)復(fù), 查理六世派軍討伐布列塔尼, 奸淫殺戮平民.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. But the old man quietly faced the menacing populace.

只見(jiàn)老人面對(duì)著殺氣騰騰的群眾,神色從容.

來(lái)自名作英譯部分

5. They represented only a fraction of the general populace.

他們代表的僅是全體國(guó)民的一小部分.

來(lái)自辭典例句