Greece

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KK[ɡrˈis]IPA/ɡrˈiːs/

Greece — noun

1. a southern European country on the Balkan Peninsula, with Athens as its capital

1.名詞A1
釋義

a southern European country on the Balkan Peninsula, with Athens as its capital and thousands of islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas

例句

Piotr and his family visited Greece last summer and loved the beaches on Crete.

collocation: visit + [country]

The ancient ruins in Greece attract millions of tourists from around the world each year.

passive: attract [people] to [country]

同義詞
  • Hellenic Republic

    the official formal name of the country, used in legal and diplomatic documents

用法筆記

In modern contexts, 'Greece' is not used with the definite article 'the'. The article appears only in historical references ('the Greece of ancient times') or before modified names ('the Greece I remember').

常見錯誤

❌She speaks Greece.
✅She speaks Greek.
💡'Greece' is the name of the country; 'Greek' is the name of the language.
❌I am from Greek.
✅I am from Greece.
💡Use 'Greece' for the country; 'Greek' is the nationality adjective or language.