【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】
poetry n.[U]诗，诗歌；诗意，诗情
entry n.进入；参与，加入
geometry n.[U]几何学
pantry n.餐具室，食品储存室
【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】
◇ A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.
一个村姑头上顶着一罐牛奶在路上行走。走着走着，她的脑子里浮现出一连串的幻想：
---- The country Maid and Her Milk Can
◇ After more than 100 years of studies, many things are still obscure. Today visitors come by the thousands - the great and simple of the earth - all in a spirit of marvel. Travelers come from every state of the Union, from every country in Europe and Asia, pilgrims to a shrine that is the same as the creed.
经过了100多年的研究，有许多事情仍是个谜。今天，数以千计的游客 —— 不管是普通人还是大人物 —— 都怀着一种好奇的心情来到这里。他们来自于美国的第一洲，来自于欧洲和亚洲的每一个国家，就像朝圣者一样虔诚地来到这座神殿。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ Last year, large pub chain Wetherspoons announced that it would replace plastic straws with paper alternatives across 900 outlets. After the announcement, many smaller chains and pubs across the country followed suit.
去年，大型连锁酒吧Wetherspoons宣布，将在900家分店中把塑料吸管替换为纸吸管。在这之后，英国许多中小型连锁店和酒吧纷纷效仿。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ The forum said the only way to avoid a disaster is to massively improve the economics and uptake of recycling. That means giving people incentives to collect plastic garbage and recycle, use reusable packaging, and encourage countries to drastically improve their waste collection infrastructure, to avoid plastic garbage leaking into the nature.
该论坛发表声明说，避免这一灾难的唯一途径就是大力改善经济结构，提高循环使用率。这意味着激励人们去回收并循环使用塑料垃圾，使用可重复使用的包装袋，鼓励各国大力改善废物回收设施，以防止塑料垃圾排放到自然环境中。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ 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。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ 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
◇ "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
◇ 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
◇ 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?
◇ 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