Skip to main content

compatriot

/kuhm-pey-tree-uht or, especially British, -pa-/US // kəmˈpeɪ tri ət or, especially British, -ˈpæ- //UK // (kəmˈpætrɪət) //

同胞,同胞们,同乡

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the same country.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfellow countryman/countrywoman
Forms: compatriots

Examples

  • Then he defended himself publicly against his former compatriots, who had criticized him as a “rogue” and a selfish coward.

  • He also admires Atlético Madrid’s Diego Simeone, another compatriot, for finding tactical balance.

  • Not only were a great number of the participants using their smartphones to document themselves and their compatriots as they launched the attack, but many of them in turn shared the footage on Parler.

  • Both mice and humans share a connectedness with their compatriots in emotional situations, he says, and research points to a shared evolutionary basis for empathy.

  • Police believe that once inside, other rioters opened another door or a few doors to let still more of their compatriots in.

  • We all know about Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Dostoevsky, but what about their compatriot, Nikolai Leskov?

  • Lagarde succeeded embattled compatriot Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the IMF job in 2011.

  • And his secular Tel Avivi compatriot Ayelet Shaked destroys all stereotypes of an Israeli “radical.”

  • Huffman said his friend Bunny had no idea—one more close compatriot allegedly kept in the dark.

  • Strange to say, with all his love for what belonged to and came from Poland, he kept compatriot musicians at a distance.

  • "Neighbor," in Gospel language, means a compatriot, a person belonging to the same nationality.

  • His compatriot, Le Fèbvre, had begun to give a few lessons as a dancing-master.

  • "Your cheerful compatriot is right," said Ethan, shaken suddenly out of his rôle as Nature's apologist.

  • A compatriot of his, Edmund Falconer, like himself an actor as well as an author, had opened the way for him.