populace
英 ['pɒpjʊləs]
美 ['pɑpjələs]
n. 大眾；平民；人口
中文詞源：
populace 民眾
popul-,人，民眾，-ace,名詞後綴。
例句：
1. He had the support of large sections of the local populace.
2. Many of the city's populace travel to work by subway or bus.
許多城市的平民都是坐地鐵或公共汽車上下班.
3. In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace.
作為報復, 查理六世派軍討伐佈列塔尼, 奸淫殺戮平民.
4. But the old man quietly faced the menacing populace.
隻見老人面對著殺氣騰騰的群眾,神色從容.
5. They represented only a fraction of the general populace.
他們代表的僅是全體國民的一小部分.
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