英语词汇“public”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

public

(pʌblɪk )

1. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B1

You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, as the public.

Lauderdale House is now open to the public.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 1st.

Trade unions are regarding the poll as a test of the public's confidence in the government.

Synonyms: people, society, country, population

2. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B2

You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind of public.

Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.

...the American voting public.

3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2

Public means relating to all the people in a country or community.

The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.

4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+

Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state.

The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.

Synonyms: civic, government, state, national

publicly adverb [ADVERB -ed] B1+

...publicly funded legal services.

5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1

Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use.

...the New York Public Library.

The new museum must be accessible by public transport.

...a public health service available to all.

6. adjective B1

A public place is one where people can go about freely and where you can easily be seen and heard.

...the heavily congested public areas of international airports.

I avoid working in places which are too public.

7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2

If someone is a public figure or in public life, many people know who they are because they are often mentioned in newspapers and on television.

The archbishop hit out at public figures who commit adultery.

I'd like to see more women in public life, especially Parliament.

Synonyms: well-known, leading, important, respected

8. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2

Public is used to describe statements, actions, and events that are made or done in such a way that any member of the public can see them or be aware of them.

The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer.

The comments were the ministry's first detailed public statement on the subject.

Marilyn made her last public appearance at Madison Square Garden.

publicly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] B2

He never spoke publicly about the affair.

Every move the President makes is publicly discussed as openly as possible.

9. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2

If a fact is made public or becomes public, it becomes known to everyone rather than being kept secret.

His will, made public yesterday, showed that he had amassed an estate with a net worth of £1,980,133.

The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.

10. the public eye phrase

If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.

One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum.

He has kept his children out of the public eye.

11. go public phrase

If a company goes public, it starts selling its shares on the stock exchange. [business]

The company went public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000.

12. in public phrase B2

If you say or do something in public, you say or do it when a group of people are present.

Many people are nervous about speaking in public.

Synonyms: openly, publicly, overtly, for all to see

13. to wash your dirty linen in public phrase

If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public. [disapproval]

The sight of former MPs washing their dirty linen in public was embarrassing.

We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing.

Quotations:

You have to look very carefully at your motives if you become a public figureHarold PinterOne for the Road

Idioms:

be in the public eye

to be famous and often mentioned or seen on television or in the newspapers

Increasingly, people in the public eye are voicing concern about the effects of their lifestyle on their family life.

wash your dirty linen in public [British] or air your dirty laundry in public

to talk about unpleasant or personal matters in front of other people, when most people consider that such things should be kept private.

We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all.

Collocations:

alert the public

In Japan a mobile scheme alerts the public to potential earthquakes.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

The Government today launches a drive to alert the public to the soaring threat of online attacks.

The Sun (2012)

West Midlands police did not alert the public until last week when they released his picture.

The Sun (2006)

concern the public

This is an American investigation, but there is much to concern the British public here.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

As winter comes early, most of the public are concerned about how the adverse weather may impact on them.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

A survey two years ago showed that half the British public are concerned about the local pollution and global warming that flying causes.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

confuse the public

They also confuse the public about what has been established as fact, and what is conjecture.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Changing this will confuse the public and reduce support and trust for future initiatives.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

It would not further confuse a public who already find the machinations of Westminster almost unfathomable.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

engage the public

We have a responsibility to engage the public.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

And is their play interesting enough to engage the public?

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Why not simply put together a product that excites and engages the British public.

The Sun (2012)

entertain the public

By running the World Cup this way, we make sure lesser nations have competitive games and that the viewing public are entertained.

The Sun (2008)

Stories told to entertain the public often neglect to mention the public interest.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

'We are not interested in the money, we are interested in entertaining the public and doing a service.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

inform the public

Health chiefs last night confirmed: 'We are informing the public about a significant patient recall'.

The Sun (2014)

Clinics were told about the mix-up in May 2007 but the public was again not informed .

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The new Home Secretary pledged to sort out the shambles and keep the public fully informed .

The Sun (2006)

persuade the public

Ministers have failed to persuade the public that there is no such thing as a free road.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

The Prime Minister's instruction to him was to persuade the public of the credibility of immigration policy.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

But the public was not persuaded .

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

public reaction

The public reaction to cases like this has passed through anger to sheer disbelief.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

As your editorial comment said, public reaction has passed through anger to sheer disbelief.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

The initial public reaction was lukewarm.

The Times Literary Supplement (2010)

The trial will test public reaction and whether PCs are comfortable with the jackets.

The Sun (2012)

public reading

It was a privilege to be present for his first-ever public reading.

Times, Sunday Times

The new 'public reading stage' will allow anybody to recommend changes to draft laws line by line on a dedicated website.

Times, Sunday Times

For a long time he couldn't get through a public reading of the poem because of its emotional impact on him.

Christianity Today

The anonymous correspondent had attended the author's public reading of bewildering excerpts from the forthcoming instalment.

The Times Literary Supplement

The other office workers who begin to arrive and wander in and out of the scene are initially surprised by the public reading, but generally ignore him.

The Times Literary Supplement

public realm

We want to frame the public realm.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

The one place in the public realm where people come together for any length of time is at school.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Thus, it was natural that the man should represent the family in the public realm of politics.

Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993)

Remember the public realm in 1997?

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

That the money has run dry will make a coherent reform plan for the public realm more, rather than less, important.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

public sentiment

My goal was to expose the horror of government-sanctioned barbarism, to educate the public, and to help sway fickle public sentiment.

Joyce Carol Oates FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION (2001)

The " concurrent majority "could not safeguard the liberty of individual opinion; the force of public sentiment is not a procedure to be reformed.

Roper, Jon Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century (1989)

Our protest against racing festivals in wartime has roused some redoubtable opponents, but we are satisfied that it represents a sound and widespread public sentiment.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

They are further socially disabled because public sentiment is most often behind their stressed-out families.

French, Vivian &Fisher, Chris (illustrator) THE STAPLE STREET GANG: MANDY AND THE PURPLE SPOTTED HANKY (1993)

public space

They fence off seashores, electric-gate housing estates, move communities aside, privatise public space and want the poor kept out of sight.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

Those napping or putting down bedding could also fall foul of the public space protection order.

The Sun (2016)

Anyone caught using foul and abusive language in the town centre risks an 80 fine under a public space protection order being considered.

Times, Sunday Times (2017)

Police and council officers will be empowered to issue 100 fines to anyone who breaches the public space protection order.

Times, Sunday Times (2018)

It hollows out human inwardness in a reverberative public space.

The Times Literary Supplement (2010)

public square

This now threatens to become a tsunami that engulfs classrooms, workplaces, museums and virtually every public square in the land.

Times,Sunday Times

New open spaces are being created as part of the design, including a public square outside the station.

Times,Sunday Times

Yet he sometimes did so more in the elliptical language of the academic seminar than in the demotic terms required in the public square.

Times, Sunday Times

We have a place in the public square.

Christianity Today

In the public square and at the ballot box, we must be more engaged, not less.

Christianity Today

public statement

Nor has he taken the easy option and made a public statement with which he did not agree.

Times, Sunday Times

None has so far made a public statement.

Times, Sunday Times

Police said that they would be working with the owners of the mill, who have yet to make a public statement.

Times, Sunday Times

She wanted to make a public statement of faith.

Times, Sunday Times

She would have to make a public statement in court.

The Sun

public subsidy

Hill farming survives only because of public subsidy.

Times, Sunday Times (2017)

This first attempt at public subsidy did indeed have a detrimental effect on his plans.

Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)

For years, it has been obvious that no big energy company would be willing to invest in the project without lashings of public subsidy.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

The Liberal Democrats demanded the coalition agreement stipulate that new nuclear stations should receive no public subsidy.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

This is odd coming at a time when the government is keen for arts philanthropy to fill the gaps where public subsidy is short.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

public support

For the unions, a good second best would be if passenger exasperation with this dispute increases public support for renationalising the rail industry.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

While we cannot totally avoid such threats, Estonia has a strong public support to allied troops.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

And that base is strong because public support for biomedical sciences has been massively supplemented by charities, and by the industry itself.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

And the crown prince has won enormous public support but also ruffled feathers in court circles by speaking out for his wife.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

The medics had tried to drum up public support by insisting they only cared about patient safety.

The Sun (2016)

public transit

Even public transit systems are having to be inserted retrospectively.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

On the other hand, urban planners believe it will help improve public transit.

Globe and Mail (2003)

To reduce the negative externalities of cars, ridesharing and public transit are advocated as cost-effective and more environmentally sustainable alternatives.

Yuanyuan Zhang, Yuming Zhang 2018, 'Exploring the Relationship between Ridesharing and Public Transit Use in the United States', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

public voting

I didn't feel it was down to me, it was down to the public voting.

The Sun

This year public voting raised 480,000 for the 11 contestants' nominated charities.

Times, Sunday Times

The judging system also involved the public voting via mobile phone.

Times, Sunday Times

Then the public voting frenzy begins and in tomorrow's show, the first couple will be eliminated.

The Sun

It proves public voting makes a mockery of ability.

The Sun

reassure the public

I would like to reassure the public that we are not looking to trace any other person in connection with this incident.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

This is a point he must clarify as he seeks to reassure the public that all that could have been done was done.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

She feels the need to reassure the public.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

remind the public

It's nice to remind the public who we are.

The Sun (2009)

The evidence is partly intended to remind the public of the issues that still need to addressed.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

An extended period of pain for consumers would remind the public of the Bank's determination not to take risks with inflation.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

sceptical public

Felipe has won a sceptical public's support by making the royal family more transparent, modern and accessible.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

He will have to act fearlessly to convince a sceptical public that he is the right man for the job.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

Now a sceptical public has to be persuaded directly.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

serve the public

One joins the police to serve the public.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts.

The Prisons We Deserve (1994)

The council that represents them is funded by the public to serve the public - and must be accountable to the public.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

sporting public

He is not the first to discover how fickle the sporting public can be.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The general sporting public are only vaguely aware of him.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

It was a scoreline to send a chill down the spines of the Kiwi sporting public.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

thank the public

Police thanked the public for their help.

The Sun (2016)

I want to thank the British public for buying it - it's amazing.

The Sun (2012)

Speaking outside court, the father of two thanked the public for supporting him.

The Sun (2013)

the public are interested

I don't think the public are interested in who pays for political campaigns.

The Sun (2008)

The public was also increasingly interested in how well the police performed and at what cost.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

I really want to get the public interested in science.

The Sun (2010)

the public are ready

The public are ready for this.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

He said: 'I'm not sure if the British public are ready for it'.

The Sun (2014)

This proves that the public are ready for challenging music.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

the wider public

He is supremely unconcerned about his image, one reason why he has not endeared himself to the wider public.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Once in a while, the wider public gets a glimpse into these tortured lives.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

He hopes the Olympic exposure will bring kayaking to a wider public and draw new recruits.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

to convince the public that

How quickly can the new boss convince the public that he means what he says.

The Sun (2013)

It finally convinced the public that it was safe to eat eggs.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

The task for his rivals is to convince the public that they offer a credible alternative.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

urge the public

Cops urged the public: 'Do not approach them'.

The Sun (2014)

We urge the public to secure their mail boxes and employ measures to protect their identities.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

But the National Trust has urged the public to visit as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

warn the public

Police have warned the public not to approach him.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Hertfordshire county council is warning the public to be on their guard against catalogue scams.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

The public was warned to keep a distance because the whale may have been diseased.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Translations:

Chinese: 公众的, 公众

Japanese: 公衆の, 公衆

单词	public
释义	public (pʌblɪk ) 1. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B1 You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, as the public. Lauderdale House is now open to the public. Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 1st. Trade unions are regarding the poll as a test of the public's confidence in the government. Synonyms: people, society, country, population 2. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B2 You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind of public. Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel. ...the American voting public. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Public means relating to all the people in a country or community. The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state. The social services account for a substantial part of public spending. Synonyms: civic, government, state, national publicly adverb [ADVERB -ed] B1+ ...publicly funded legal services. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use. ...the New York Public Library. The new museum must be accessible by public transport. ...a public health service available to all. 6. adjective B1 A public place is one where people can go about freely and where you can easily be seen and heard. ...the heavily congested public areas of international airports. I avoid working in places which are too public. 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If someone is a public figure or in public life, many people know who they are because they are often mentioned in newspapers and on television. The archbishop hit out at public figures who commit adultery. I'd like to see more women in public life, especially Parliament. Synonyms: well-known, leading, important, respected 8. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Public is used to describe statements, actions, and events that are made or done in such a way that any member of the public can see them or be aware of them. The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer. The comments were the ministry's first detailed public statement on the subject. Marilyn made her last public appearance at Madison Square Garden. publicly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] B2 He never spoke publicly about the affair. Every move the President makes is publicly discussed as openly as possible. 9. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 If a fact is made public or becomes public, it becomes known to everyone rather than being kept secret. His will, made public yesterday, showed that he had amassed an estate with a net worth of £1,980,133. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public. 10. the public eye phrase If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers. One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum. He has kept his children out of the public eye. 11. go public phrase If a company goes public, it starts selling its shares on the stock exchange. [business] The company went public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000. 12. in public phrase B2 If you say or do something in public, you say or do it when a group of people are present. Many people are nervous about speaking in public. Synonyms: openly, publicly, overtly, for all to see 13. to wash your dirty linen in public phrase If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public. [disapproval] The sight of former MPs washing their dirty linen in public was embarrassing. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing. Quotations: You have to look very carefully at your motives if you become a public figureHarold PinterOne for the Road Idioms: be in the public eye to be famous and often mentioned or seen on television or in the newspapers Increasingly, people in the public eye are voicing concern about the effects of their lifestyle on their family life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers wash your dirty linen in public [British] or air your dirty laundry in public to talk about unpleasant or personal matters in front of other people, when most people consider that such things should be kept private. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: alert the public In Japan a mobile scheme alerts the public to potential earthquakes. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The Government today launches a drive to alert the public to the soaring threat of online attacks. The Sun (2012) West Midlands police did not alert the public until last week when they released his picture. The Sun (2006) concern the public This is an American investigation, but there is much to concern the British public here. Times, Sunday Times (2012) As winter comes early, most of the public are concerned about how the adverse weather may impact on them. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A survey two years ago showed that half the British public are concerned about the local pollution and global warming that flying causes. Times, Sunday Times (2006) confuse the public They also confuse the public about what has been established as fact, and what is conjecture. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Changing this will confuse the public and reduce support and trust for future initiatives. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It would not further confuse a public who already find the machinations of Westminster almost unfathomable. Times, Sunday Times (2014) engage the public We have a responsibility to engage the public. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And is their play interesting enough to engage the public? Times, Sunday Times (2012) Why not simply put together a product that excites and engages the British public. The Sun (2012) entertain the public By running the World Cup this way, we make sure lesser nations have competitive games and that the viewing public are entertained. The Sun (2008) Stories told to entertain the public often neglect to mention the public interest. Times, Sunday Times (2010) 'We are not interested in the money, we are interested in entertaining the public and doing a service. Times, Sunday Times (2015) inform the public Health chiefs last night confirmed: 'We are informing the public about a significant patient recall'. The Sun (2014) Clinics were told about the mix-up in May 2007 but the public was again not informed . Times, Sunday Times (2009) The new Home Secretary pledged to sort out the shambles and keep the public fully informed . The Sun (2006) persuade the public Ministers have failed to persuade the public that there is no such thing as a free road. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The Prime Minister's instruction to him was to persuade the public of the credibility of immigration policy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But the public was not persuaded . Times, Sunday Times (2008) public reaction The public reaction to cases like this has passed through anger to sheer disbelief. Times, Sunday Times (2010) As your editorial comment said, public reaction has passed through anger to sheer disbelief. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The initial public reaction was lukewarm. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) The trial will test public reaction and whether PCs are comfortable with the jackets. The Sun (2012) public reading It was a privilege to be present for his first-ever public reading. Times, Sunday Times The new 'public reading stage' will allow anybody to recommend changes to draft laws line by line on a dedicated website. Times, Sunday Times For a long time he couldn't get through a public reading of the poem because of its emotional impact on him. Christianity Today The anonymous correspondent had attended the author's public reading of bewildering excerpts from the forthcoming instalment. The Times Literary Supplement The other office workers who begin to arrive and wander in and out of the scene are initially surprised by the public reading, but generally ignore him. The Times Literary Supplement public realm We want to frame the public realm. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The one place in the public realm where people come together for any length of time is at school. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Thus, it was natural that the man should represent the family in the public realm of politics. Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993) Remember the public realm in 1997? Times, Sunday Times (2014) That the money has run dry will make a coherent reform plan for the public realm more, rather than less, important. Times, Sunday Times (2009) public sentiment My goal was to expose the horror of government-sanctioned barbarism, to educate the public, and to help sway fickle public sentiment. Joyce Carol Oates FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION (2001) The " concurrent majority "could not safeguard the liberty of individual opinion; the force of public sentiment is not a procedure to be reformed. Roper, Jon Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century (1989) Our protest against racing festivals in wartime has roused some redoubtable opponents, but we are satisfied that it represents a sound and widespread public sentiment. Times, Sunday Times (2015) They are further socially disabled because public sentiment is most often behind their stressed-out families. French, Vivian &Fisher, Chris (illustrator) THE STAPLE STREET GANG: MANDY AND THE PURPLE SPOTTED HANKY (1993) public space They fence off seashores, electric-gate housing estates, move communities aside, privatise public space and want the poor kept out of sight. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Those napping or putting down bedding could also fall foul of the public space protection order. The Sun (2016) Anyone caught using foul and abusive language in the town centre risks an 80 fine under a public space protection order being considered. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Police and council officers will be empowered to issue 100 fines to anyone who breaches the public space protection order. Times, Sunday Times (2018) It hollows out human inwardness in a reverberative public space. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) public square This now threatens to become a tsunami that engulfs classrooms, workplaces, museums and virtually every public square in the land. Times,Sunday Times New open spaces are being created as part of the design, including a public square outside the station. Times,Sunday Times Yet he sometimes did so more in the elliptical language of the academic seminar than in the demotic terms required in the public square. Times, Sunday Times We have a place in the public square. Christianity Today In the public square and at the ballot box, we must be more engaged, not less. Christianity Today public statement Nor has he taken the easy option and made a public statement with which he did not agree. Times, Sunday Times None has so far made a public statement. Times, Sunday Times Police said that they would be working with the owners of the mill, who have yet to make a public statement. Times, Sunday Times She wanted to make a public statement of faith. Times, Sunday Times She would have to make a public statement in court. The Sun public subsidy Hill farming survives only because of public subsidy. Times, Sunday Times (2017) This first attempt at public subsidy did indeed have a detrimental effect on his plans. Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003) For years, it has been obvious that no big energy company would be willing to invest in the project without lashings of public subsidy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Liberal Democrats demanded the coalition agreement stipulate that new nuclear stations should receive no public subsidy. Times, Sunday Times (2013) This is odd coming at a time when the government is keen for arts philanthropy to fill the gaps where public subsidy is short. Times, Sunday Times (2011) public support For the unions, a good second best would be if passenger exasperation with this dispute increases public support for renationalising the rail industry. Times, Sunday Times (2016) While we cannot totally avoid such threats, Estonia has a strong public support to allied troops. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And that base is strong because public support for biomedical sciences has been massively supplemented by charities, and by the industry itself. Times, Sunday Times (2009) And the crown prince has won enormous public support but also ruffled feathers in court circles by speaking out for his wife. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The medics had tried to drum up public support by insisting they only cared about patient safety. The Sun (2016) public transit Even public transit systems are having to be inserted retrospectively. Times, Sunday Times (2010) On the other hand, urban planners believe it will help improve public transit. Globe and Mail (2003) To reduce the negative externalities of cars, ridesharing and public transit are advocated as cost-effective and more environmentally sustainable alternatives. Yuanyuan Zhang, Yuming Zhang 2018, 'Exploring the Relationship between Ridesharing and Public Transit Use in the United States', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health public voting I didn't feel it was down to me, it was down to the public voting. The Sun This year public voting raised 480,000 for the 11 contestants' nominated charities. Times, Sunday Times The judging system also involved the public voting via mobile phone. Times, Sunday Times Then the public voting frenzy begins and in tomorrow's show, the first couple will be eliminated. The Sun It proves public voting makes a mockery of ability. The Sun reassure the public I would like to reassure the public that we are not looking to trace any other person in connection with this incident. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is a point he must clarify as he seeks to reassure the public that all that could have been done was done. Times, Sunday Times (2010) She feels the need to reassure the public. Times, Sunday Times (2012) remind the public It's nice to remind the public who we are. The Sun (2009) The evidence is partly intended to remind the public of the issues that still need to addressed. Times, Sunday Times (2012) An extended period of pain for consumers would remind the public of the Bank's determination not to take risks with inflation. Times, Sunday Times (2007) sceptical public Felipe has won a sceptical public's support by making the royal family more transparent, modern and accessible. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He will have to act fearlessly to convince a sceptical public that he is the right man for the job. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Now a sceptical public has to be persuaded directly. Times, Sunday Times (2016) serve the public One joins the police to serve the public. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) The council that represents them is funded by the public to serve the public - and must be accountable to the public. Times, Sunday Times (2016) sporting public He is not the first to discover how fickle the sporting public can be. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The general sporting public are only vaguely aware of him. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It was a scoreline to send a chill down the spines of the Kiwi sporting public. Times, Sunday Times (2011) thank the public Police thanked the public for their help. The Sun (2016) I want to thank the British public for buying it - it's amazing. The Sun (2012) Speaking outside court, the father of two thanked the public for supporting him. The Sun (2013) the public are interested I don't think the public are interested in who pays for political campaigns. The Sun (2008) The public was also increasingly interested in how well the police performed and at what cost. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I really want to get the public interested in science. The Sun (2010) the public are ready The public are ready for this. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He said: 'I'm not sure if the British public are ready for it'. The Sun (2014) This proves that the public are ready for challenging music. Times, Sunday Times (2015) the wider public He is supremely unconcerned about his image, one reason why he has not endeared himself to the wider public. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Once in a while, the wider public gets a glimpse into these tortured lives. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He hopes the Olympic exposure will bring kayaking to a wider public and draw new recruits. Times, Sunday Times (2012) to convince the public that How quickly can the new boss convince the public that he means what he says. The Sun (2013) It finally convinced the public that it was safe to eat eggs. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The task for his rivals is to convince the public that they offer a credible alternative. Times, Sunday Times (2008) urge the public Cops urged the public: 'Do not approach them'. The Sun (2014) We urge the public to secure their mail boxes and employ measures to protect their identities. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But the National Trust has urged the public to visit as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Times, Sunday Times (2012) warn the public Police have warned the public not to approach him. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Hertfordshire county council is warning the public to be on their guard against catalogue scams. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The public was warned to keep a distance because the whale may have been diseased. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 公众的, 公众 Japanese: 公衆の, 公衆
随便看	cultivate a reputation cultivate a sense of cultivate a skill cultivate a taste cultivated cultivated fields cultivated land cultivated plants cultivated variety cultivate fruit cultivate land cultivate rice cultivate soil cultivate the art of cultivate the virtues of cultivate vegetables cultivation cultivator cultural cultural achievements cultural activity cultural adjustment cultural advancement cultural affinity cultural ambassador