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nationality

/nash-uh-nal-i-tee/US // ˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌnæʃəˈnælɪtɪ) //

民族,国籍,民族性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural na·tion·al·i·ties for 1, 2, 5, 6.

    • : the status of belonging to a particular nation, whether by birth or naturalization: the nationality of an immigrant.
    • : the relationship of property, holdings, etc., to a particular nation, or to one or more of its members: the nationality of a ship.
    • : nationalism.
    • : existence as a distinct nation; national independence: a small colony that has just achieved nationality.
    • : a nation or people: the nationalities of the Americas.
    • : a national quality or character: Nationalities tend to submerge and disappear in a metropolis.

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Examples

  • People seem intuitively to understand that the virus doesn’t respect identity or nationality, that it is a symptom of a larger, transnational condition.

  • The United Nations estimates that perhaps more than 10 million people throughout the world are stateless — meaning they have no true nationality and are citizens of nowhere.

  • Participants who had positive feelings about people of other races, nationalities, and ethnicities estimated cities in Mexico and Canada as being closer than those who held negative or neutral feelings.

  • When we look at everyone’s nationalities, it becomes clear that we’re all more similar in how we experience loneliness than we might expect.

  • They may even unintentionally favor players of certain nationalities, races, ages or backgrounds.

  • Hossein Darakhshan, born in Tehran on January 7, 1975, has dual Canadian-Iranian nationality.

  • She did, however, choose to surmise that “The nationality of the shooter, it sounds Hispanic, Latino,” based on his name.

  • Is falafel Israeli and can fried chickpeas have a nationality?

  • VVD, the biggest party in Dutch government, is even in favor of stripping them of Dutch nationality.

  • Israel is guilty of blurring the line between nationality and faith, too.

  • It was a fatal error, for though the Spanish people might despise their King, they were intensely proud of their nationality.

  • Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.

  • An American woman therefore who marries an alien takes the nationality of her husband.

  • But if he was unconcerned as to family descent, he was far from indifferent as to nationality.

  • They have no nationality, and are officially described as “Filipinos under the protection of the United States.”