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population

/pop-yuh-ley-shuhn/US // ˌpɒp yəˈleɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən) //

人口,居民,人口数,人口数量

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
    • : the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.
    • : the number or body of inhabitants in a place belonging to a specific social, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, or racial subgroup: the native population; the working-class population.
    • : Statistics. any finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study.
    • : Ecology. the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.all the individuals of one species in a given area.
    • : the act or process of populating: Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles.

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Examples

  • Now, Covid-19 demographics are changing again — shifting back into older populations.

  • According to the UN, about 40 percent of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of an ocean.

  • The federal government will release a dashboard to help states map these populations, the playbook said.

  • The United States would still be responsible for 11 percent of global deaths, despite constituting only about 4 percent of the world’s population.

  • They are actually in a situation where they could afford to wait for the outcome of ongoing phase 3 trials, understand the safety and efficacy properly, without compromising their population.

  • Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.

  • As of 2013, Jews make up 1.8 to 2.2 percent of the adult U.S. population.

  • Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.

  • Veterans are a small minority of the population, as well, serving the greater whole.

  • For the first time in American history, rural America has been losing population.

  • Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.

  • This again is inexact, since there are no precise figures of population that cover the period.

  • Massed on the plateau above the mule-path, the whole population of the village stood to watch them down the steep descent.

  • In a population of angels a socialistic commonwealth would work to perfection.

  • Never had the black population of the city listened to or witnessed a more eloquent appeal.

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