burundi
burundi — 名詞
1. an African nation that lies to the south of Rwanda and to the north of Tanzania
蒲隆地
非洲中部國家
an African nation that lies to the south of Rwanda and to the north of Tanzania
Ritu has worked as a teacher in Burundi for the past four years.
Ritu 過去四年一直在蒲隆地擔任教師。
used with 'in' for country as location
The geography teacher asked the class to find Burundi on the map of Africa.
地理老師要全班在地圖上找出蒲隆地的位置。
Kwame's grandparents left Burundi in 1996 and settled in a small town in Belgium.
Kwame 的祖父母在 1996 年離開蒲隆地，在比利時的一個小鎮定居。
Burundi is one of the smallest countries on the mainland of Africa by land area.
蒲隆地是非洲大陸上面積最小的國家之一。
用法筆記
Burundi is always capitalised as a proper noun and does not take an article ('the Burundi' is incorrect). Distinguish from sense 2, which uses the formal full name 'the Republic of Burundi'.
常見錯誤
2. the Republic of Burundi, a country in east central Africa that borders Lake Tang
蒲隆地共和國
東非共和國，首都基特加
the Republic of Burundi, a country in east central Africa that borders Lake Tanganyika, with Gitega as its capital city
The Republic of Burundi held its first democratic elections in 2005 after a long civil war.
蒲隆地共和國在長期內戰後，於 2005 年舉行了首次民主選舉。
formal name: 'the Republic of Burundi'
Lake Tanganyika forms part of Burundi's southwestern border and is a very deep African lake.
坦干伊喀湖是非洲一個極深的湖泊，同時構成了蒲隆地西南邊界的一部分。
geographical detail: Lake Tanganyika border
Gitega became the official political capital of Burundi in 2019, replacing Bujumbura.
基特加在 2019 年取代布松布拉，成為蒲隆地的正式政治首都。
Burundi and its northern neighbour Rwanda were both ruled by Belgium before gaining independence.
蒲隆地及其北邊鄰國盧安達在獨立前都曾受比利時統治。
用法筆記
This sense is most common in formal writing — news reports, encyclopaedias, and political documents. In everyday conversation, speakers use sense 1 ('Burundi') rather than 'the Republic of Burundi'.