单词 | citizen |
释义 | citizencitizen /ˈsɪt̮əzən/ ●●● S3 W1 noun [countable] 1someone who lives in a particular town, country, or state: some of the city’s leading citizenscitizen of the citizens of San Francisco2social studies someone who legally belongs to a particular country and has rights and responsibilities there, whether he or she is living there or not: He became an American citizen in 1998. We need to teach our children to be good citizens. a group of private citizens (=citizens who do not have jobs in the government) who want to ban handguns [Origin: 1200–1300 Anglo-French citezein, from Old French citeien, from cité] → see also second-class citizen at second-class (1), senior citizen |
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