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population

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Related topics: Geography
pop·u·la·tion /ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən $ ˌpɑː-/ ●●● S2 W1 noun
1  [countableC]LIVE SOMEWHERE the number of people living in a particular area, country etc 人口
population of
India has a population of more than one billion.
印度有超過10億人口。
Nearly 70 percent of the population still live in the countryside.
人口中差不多有70%仍住在鄉村。
2  [countableC usually singular]PERSON/PEOPLE all of the people who live in a particular area 〔某一地區的〕全體居民
Most of the world’s population doesn’t get enough to eat.
世界上大多數人都吃不飽。
white/French/urban etc population (=part of the group of people who live in a particular area who are white, French etc) 白人/法國/城市等的人口
South Florida has a large Jewish population.
南佛羅裏達有很多猶太人。
3  centre of population/population centre PGTOWNa city, town etc 人口中心區域
Cromer is the main centre of population in this area.
克羅默是該地區主要的人口集中區域。
 COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + population
the total/whole/entire population 全部人口
The entire population will be celebrating.
全民將共同歡慶。
the world's population 世界人口
Sixty percent of the world's population live in areas that are at risk from sea-level rises.
世界人口的60%居住在受到海平面上升威脅的地區。
the general population 大部分人口
Ethnic minorities suffer more than the general population.
與大部分居民相比,少數民族受難更甚。
the local population 當地人口
The local population gave them a warm welcome.
當地人熱情地歡迎他們。
the black/white population (=black or white people who live in a place) 黑人/白人人口
Unemployment is greater among the black population.
黑人的失業率更高。
the Jewish/Muslim/Asian etc population (=the people of a particular nationality or religion who live in a place) 猶太人/穆斯林/亞洲等的人口
the city's 4,000-strong Asian population
該市多達4,000的亞裔人口
the indigenous population formal (=the people who have always lived in a place) 本土人口
His new book assesses the impact of Spanish culture on the indigenous population of Mexico.
他的新書評價了墨西哥本土人口中西班牙文化的影響。
the urban population (=the people who live in towns or cities) 城鎮人口,城市人口
The region's urban population will more than double in the next two decades.
今後20年内該地區的城鎮人口將增加一倍以上。
the rural population (=the people who live in the countryside) 農村人口
Agricultural reforms must address the needs of the rural population.
農業改革必須滿足農村人口的需求。
the adult population 成年人口
A third of the adult population pay no tax at all.
成年人口中有三分之一根本就不繳稅。
the elderly population 老齡人口
Should the entire elderly population be regularly screened for this disease?
是否應在全體老年人中對該病進行定期篩查呢？
an ageing population (=gradually becoming older on average) 老齡化人口
The rapidly ageing population will put a strain on the country's health care system.
快速老齡化的人口將對國家的醫療保健制度形成壓力。
a large population 大量人口
California is a big state with a large population.
加州是一個人口衆多的大州。
a prison population (=the number of people in prisons in a country or area) 囚犯人數,被監禁人數
A quarter of the prison population is under 21.
這些囚犯中有四分之一不足21歲。
a student population 學生人數
The university has a student population of almost 5,000.
這所大學有近5,000名學生。
verbs
a population grows/increases/rises 人口增加
Between these years the population grew by 40%.
這些年來人口增長了40﹪。
a population falls/declines/decreases 人口減少
The population in many rural areas has continued to fall.
許多鄉村地區的人口已持續減少。
a population reaches 人口達到
Nigeria 's population will reach 532 million in the middle of this century.
尼日利亞的人口到本世紀中期將達5.32億。
population + NOUN
population growth 人口增長
Rapid population growth intensifies competition for land.
人口的快速增長加劇了對土地的爭奪。
population increase 人口增加
The population increase in the region is a cause for concern.
該地區的人口增長令人擔憂。
a population explosion/boom (=when the population increases quickly and by a large amount) 人口爆炸,人口劇增
What will be the long-term effects of this population explosion?
這種人口爆炸將有怎樣的長期影響？
population density (=the degree to which an area is filled with people) 人口密度
Australia has a low population density.
澳大利亞人口密度低。
population control (=controlling how many children people have) 人口控制
It is argued that population control is essential to limit the depletion of natural resources.
有人辯稱控制人口對限制自然資源消耗至關重要。
Examples from the Corpus
population• Austria has a population of 7.5 million.• New Jersey has a population of around 7.6 million.• Ninety percent of the adult population is literate.• The steppes support around 65 percent of the remaining worldwide bustard population.• In those countries where indigenous women existed side by side with a late-arriving and dominant population, the indigenous women suffered disproportionately.• In our study, significantly more miners complained of weight loss than the general population.• But most of this growing population is poor and marginalised, even before disaster strikes.• Most of them have populations that are growing rapidly.• The country's Jewish population was angered by the prime minister's remarks.• 30% of the male population suffers from heart disease.• Ultimately the regional problem and the changing geography of population and industrial distribution gave the subject field a dramatically widened remit.• The U.S. has a rate of population growth that is five times that of Europe.• City officials are wary of population loss to suburbs and point with pride to the overall population gain that has accompanied annexation.• In 1966 the population of Lima was about two million.• In many Western European countries the population is no longer increasing.• What is the population of Montana?• In Ghana 46% of the population is under 16 years of age.• More than 53 million people, about one-fifth of the population, live in those counties.• Most of the population of Canada lives relatively near the U.S. border.• A large portion of the population lives in poverty.• The patients have been isolated to keep the disease from spreading to the rest of the population.• The population of Germany is about 80 million.• The population of Singapore is almost 3 million.
white/French/urban etc population• Unemployment among the rural and urban population is on the upswing.• Without these, the dense urban populations of the twentieth century would not have been possible.• Only in the homogeneous white population of the United Provinces of the River Plate did independence seem secure.• He is giving Khatemi room to impress the virtues of self-censorship and restraint on a young, restless urban population.• Numerous programs for increasing the white population were debated in the colonial assembly, but no resolution was adopted.• The beat was the site where police control of the urban population was felt most acutely.• We recommend immediate large-scale immunisation of the urban population, as well as tightened surveillance and appropriate vector control.• With the urban population growing towards 320 million by the year 2000, social and political tensions are likely to increase.
From Longman Business Dictionary
populationpop·u·la·tion /ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃənˌpɑː-/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] the number of people who live in a particular country or area
a city with a population of over 2 million
Hong Kong’s rapid growth in population
2[countableC usually singular] all the people who live in a particular area
12% of the population now has private health insurance.
→ active population
pop·u·la·tion noun →COLLOCATIONS1
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