populace

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pop·u·lace /ˈpɒpjələs $ ˈpɑː-/ noun [singular] formal  COUNTRY/NATIONthe people who live in a country 人民，百姓，大众 the effects of the war on the local populace 战争对当地百姓的影响n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?Populace is usually followed by a singular verb: The populace wants change.In British English, you can also use a plural verb: The populace want change.

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populace• Every state saw an increase in the size of its over-65 populace during the first half of the 1990s.• A large group of the American populace attends church regularly.• With added momentum, the mob turned its vengeance on the black populace.• The discussion in this chapter should not suggest that the entire rural populace is in constant flux.• The vast majority of the populace accepted its fate as willed by the gods and interpreted by the priestly hierarchy.• He promised to guarantee the security of the populace and to continue the peace process.• In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.• The populace has always been mobilized around the Koranic concept of taghiya.• The populace has deferred to the independent authority of government and to those who occupy government in return for the satisfaction of expectations.Origin populace (1500-1600) French Italian popolaccio “crowd”, from popolo “people”

pop·u·lace noun →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

country Corpus the people in who live a

populace
pop‧u‧lace /ˈpɒpjələs, ˈpɒpjʊləs $ ˈpɑː-/ noun [singular also + plural verb British English] formalthe people who live in a country:
    the effects of the war on the local populace
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ people people in general: Most people know that smoking causes lung cancer. | People are the same everywhere.
   ▪ folk informal people: Louisa's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies. | They looked like two ordinary folk. | There are still folk around here who remember the old days.
   ▪ the public ordinary people, not people who belong to the government or are members of a particular company or organization: This information should be made available to the public.
   ▪ population all the people who live in a particular area: The majority of the population were farmers. | The city has a population of 11 million.
   ▪ the human race all the people in the world, considered as a group: the origins of the human race
   ▪ mankind (also humankind) people in general – used especially when talking about their history or development, or how something affects their existence. Some people think that the word mankind seems to make women seem unimportant, and prefer to use humankind instead: Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.
   ▪ populace formal the people who live in a country – a very formal use: It is a country where 80% of the populace live in poverty.

popu·laceBrE /ˈpɒpjələs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɑːpjələs/ 🔊 (usually the populace) noun [singular + singular or plural verb] (formal) all the ordinary people of a particular country or area 平民百姓；民众◆He had the support of large sections of the local populace. 他受到当地大部分百姓的拥护。🔊🔊◆The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change.民众普遍反对突然的改变。