populace
populace — 名詞
1. all the ordinary, non-privileged people living in a specific country, city, or a
民眾；平民
居住在特定地區的普通百姓
all the ordinary, non-privileged people living in a specific country, city, or area — typically used when contrasting regular citizens with the government, the wealthy, or the ruling class.
The government's new tax policy angered the general populace across the region.
政府的新稅收政策激怒了全國各地的廣大民眾。
collocation: the general populace
Adaeze's speech addressed the concerns of the local populace about the new hospital.
Adaeze 在演講中提及當地民眾對新醫院的擔憂。
collocation: the local populace
Sari believed that the populace of the mining town would oppose the factory closures.
Sari 認為這座礦業小鎮的民眾會反對關閉工廠。
pattern: the populace of + place
A large part of the populace relies on farming for their daily income.
大部分民眾依賴農業維持日常生計。
The educated populace of the city demanded better schools and libraries.
該市受過教育的民眾要求更好的學校和圖書館。
pattern: adjective + populace
- the general populace
- the local populace
- the urban / rural populace
- the wider populace
- the populace of + place
- a large part of the populace
- the educated populace
- population
focuses on numerical count of inhabitants, not the social group
- public
broader term covering all citizens or consumers, without the 'ordinary vs. elite' contrast
- masses
more informal and often carries a political or revolutionary tone
- elite
the small, powerful group at the top of society
- aristocracy
the hereditary upper class, contrasted with common people
文法句型
the + populace
the populace of + place
adjective + populace
用法筆記
Populace is a collective noun and is nearly always used with the definite article 'the' or a possessive determiner (e.g., 'the city's populace'). It carries a formal tone and appears mainly in journalism, academic writing, and political commentary rather than in casual conversation.
常見錯誤
同根字
- population名詞B1
- populous形容詞C1
- populate動詞B2
- overpopulated形容詞C1
- populist名詞C1
- populism名詞C1