population
population — noun
1. everyone living in one city, region, or country, seen as a whole or measured by
everyone living in one city, region, or country, seen as a whole or measured by number.
Tokyo's population passed fourteen million in the latest city count.
population + number
After the mine closed, the town's population fell year by year.
Nearly half the island's population lives near the busy north coast.
The population of the small island dropped after the winter storm.
By 2040, experts expect the city's population to keep growing fast.
- residents
everyday and often about the people who live in a place individually
- inhabitants
slightly more formal; common in geography or history
- populace
more formal or literary; stresses the people as a mass
文法句型
population of + place
a population of + number
用法筆記
Often used with numbers and change words such as rise, fall, grow, and decline. Distinguish from sense 2, which focuses on one kind of people or animals inside a place rather than everyone there.
常見錯誤
2. people or animals in the same place that are counted together because they belon
people or animals in the same place that are counted together because they belong to one kind.
Doctors worry about the fast-growing elderly population in rural Taiwan.
adjective + population for subgroup
The wolf population recovered after hunting was banned in the park.
animal + population
In this district, the student population now includes more overseas learners.
Heavy rain can quickly reduce the insect population around the lake.
The prison's female population needs more doctors and safer housing.
文法句型
adjective + population
animal/group + population
用法筆記
Usually paired with a word that names the type, such as elderly, student, wolf, or insect. Distinguish from sense 1, which means all the people living in the place as one whole.