national

national
adjective
  1. 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
  1. 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。
  2. (一般作 nationals)a national newspaper as opposed to a local one
    全国性报纸
  3. (the National). another name for Grand National
    同 Grand National
派生
nationally
adverb
  1. [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
  1. late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin natio(n-) 'birth, race of people' (see nation)
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