读音

/ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn/

释义

• 名词: 一个地区、国家或特定时间的人口数量；全体居民。例如: “The city’s population has doubled in the last decade.”
• 名词: (生物) 种群，某一物种在某一特定区域内的全部个体。例如: “The endangered species has a small and fragile population.”

短语

• “Population growth” 指人口的增长。
• “Population density” 指人口密度，即单位面积内的人口数量。
• “Age distribution of the population” 描述人口中各年龄段的比例。

例句

• “The current world population is estimated to be over 7 billion.”
• “The small village has a population of only a few hundred people.”
• “The study analyzed the age distribution of the population in the city.”

同义词

• Inhabitants
• Residents
• Folk
• People
• Demography (更倾向于指人口统计学)