【country音标】 英[ˈkʌntri] 美[ˈkʌntri]
【单词释义】 country是什么意思：
n.[C]国家；[U]国民；乡下；地区
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] countries
【关联词/派生词】
countryside n.乡村；农村
【country形近词/近似词】
entry n.进入；参与，加入
poetry n.[U]诗，诗歌；诗意，诗情
pantry n.餐具室，食品储存室
geometry n.[U]几何学
【近义词解析】
◇ 国家
country (n. 国家)：最普通用词，侧重指国土、疆域。
nation (n. 国家)：强调其民族、社会及经济结构。
kingdom (n. 王国)：指由国王或女王统治的国家，或君主立宪的国家。
state (n. 国家，政府)：侧重指被视为政治组织的国家，英国英语中尤指政府。
【单词例句】
◇ Many long, long years later, once again a prince came to the country.
许多许多年过去了，一天，又有一位王子踏上了这块土地。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ The vase used to belong to a former castle. But when the country was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on.
这个花瓶曾经属于一座从前的城堡，但在战争期间，敌人的军队炸毁了城堡，于是关于这个花瓶是如何幸存下来的争论就一直在持续着。
---- A Brave Maid
◇ Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries.
英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来西亚和一些非洲的国家。
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ Fewer people are smoking worldwide, especially women, but only one country in eight is on track to meet a target of reducing tobacco use significantly by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
世界卫生组织本周四（2018年5月31日）表示，全球吸烟人数特别是女性吸烟者在减少，但仅有八分之一的国家有望在2025年前实现大规模减少烟草使用的目标。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ he country's government is looking to update its international image ahead of the 2020 Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest, which the Netherlands will host.
荷兰政府希望在2020年奥运会及欧歌赛举办之前，通过“改名”进一步提升国际形象。下届欧歌赛将在荷兰举办。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ The World's Favourite Colour Project involved 26,596 participants from over 100 different countries, possibly the largest ever color study, to get some insights into the world's most beloved color.
这次“世界上最受欢迎的颜色”实验，研究对象涉及100多个国家的26596名参与者，目的是了解最受人们喜爱的颜色。这可能是有史以来规模最大的颜色研究了。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ The revised figures reflect the downward trend in the global fertility rate, which means the populations of more countries are shrinking.
修正后的数据反映出全球生育率下降的趋势，这意味着更多国家的人口正在减少。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ "China's stable economic growth is a great boon not only to China itself but also to the rest of the world, particularly to poor and developing countries," he said.
他说：“中国经济的稳定增长不仅对中国是好事，对世界其他国家尤其是贫困国家和发展中国家也是好事。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global
◇ Luxembourg is the most productive country in the world, despite its workers toiling away for an average of only 29 hours per week.
卢森堡是世界上生产率最高的国家，尽管他们的劳动力每周平均工作时间只有29小时。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ In fact, the aversion touched many cultures, from the long-standing taboo in Islamic countries against eating and drinking with one's left hand, to the expectation in ancient Japan that any wife who didn't favor her right could be legally divorced on the spot, no questions asked.
事实上，古人对左手的厌恶跨越多国文化，从伊斯兰国家长久以来对于用左手吃喝的禁忌，到日本古代不爱用右手的妻子可能会当场被休，合理合法，连质询都不需要。