townspeople
英 [ˈtaʊnzpiːpl]
美 [ˈtaʊnzpiːpl]
n. 镇民; 市民; 城里人; (某一城镇的)居民
BNC.22315 / COCA.13886
牛津词典
noun
- 镇民；市民；城里人；（某一城镇的）居民
people who live in towns, not in the countryside; the people who live in a particular town
柯林斯词典
- N-PLURAL 镇民;市民
Thetownspeopleof a town or city are the people who live there.- Food shortages forced many townspeople into the country to grow their own food.
食物短缺迫使很多市民到农村自己种粮食。
- Food shortages forced many townspeople into the country to grow their own food.
英英释义
noun
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
- the whole town cheered the team
双语例句
- Nowadays, with the rapid development of it and information industry, cell phones play a dominant role in townspeople's life. but, like everything else, they have both favorable and unfavorable aspects.
如今，随着互联网和信息产业的发展，手机在人们的生活中扮演了重要的角色。但是，和其他事物一样，手机也有它好的方面和不好的方面。 - Most of the townspeople have managed to get out.
大部分的居民成功逃脱了。 - A wave of superstitious fear spread among the townspeople
盲目的恐惧感在市民中蔓延。 - And most of the townspeople were in debt to him.
大多数镇上的人都欠他钱。 - He was interested in humorous poems, joking commentaries on the news, and satirical observations of fellow townspeople.
他对幽默诗，诙谐的新闻评论以及讽刺当地市民的小品文感兴趣。 - We've got to tell the townspeople!
我们已经告诉了市民！ - The temptation of chocolate gradually awakens the townspeople's hidden appetites and newly discovered taste for freedom.
巧克力的诱惑逐渐唤醒了小镇居民潜藏的欲望，激发了他们对心灵自由的向往。 - Luke does not specify the sin, but both she and the townspeople knew what it was, and this debt of sin was overwhelming to her.
路加并没有具体说明她犯了甚么罪，但她自己和她的同乡都心知肚明，而这罪债是她无力偿还的。 - Some townspeople surmise it's the devil's work, based on claw marks on the victims.
城里有些人猜测这是魔鬼干的，因为被害者身上的爪子印。 - But some of the townspeople do not praise the farmer for his action.
但这个镇上的一些人并没有称赞这位农民的行为。