of or relating to a nation; common to or characteristic of a whole nation (与)国民(有关)的;全国的,国家的 this policy may have been in the national interest. 这个政策曾经可能符合国家利益。 a national newspaper. 全国性报纸。 ■owned, controlled, or financially supported by the state 国有的,国立的 plans for a national art library. 关于国立艺术图书馆的计划。
noun
a citizen of a particular country, typically entitled to hold that country's passport 国民;国人 a German national. 一个德国侨民。 the new law on foreign nationals. 针对外国侨民的新法律。
(一般作 nationals)a national newspaper as opposed to a local one 全国性报纸
(the National). another name for Grand National 同 Grand National
派生 nationally adverb
[sentence adverb]nationally, there has been a 2.5% drop in car crime. 就全国而言,汽车犯罪率已经下降了2.5%。
语源
late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin natio(n-) 'birth, race of people' (see nation)