| 单词 | general public |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral public general public n. the community or people in general, usually in contrast to a specific group; = public n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] commonaltyc1300 commonweal?a1400 commonality?c1400 commonwealth1445 weal-public1495 weal1513 society1566 public1621 leviathan1651 community1737 general public1854 collectivity1881 (le) tout Paris1894 John Q.1922 Joe Citizen1932 1854 J. E. Millais Let. 10 May in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 210 This is what a number of comfortable, portly, philosophers will say merely in direct opposition of the general public. 1877 J. Tyndall in Daily News 2 Oct. 2/4 Never..has this longing been more liberally responded to, both among men of science and the general public. 1934 Discovery Nov. 317/2 When the general public finds that the railways are providing local services much faster and no dearer than motor bus companies,..it will begin to return..to the railway. 1996 Business Week 26 Feb. 8/2 Only 4% of Generation Xers drink wine, compared with 35% of the general public. < as lemmas |
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