populace是英語名詞，源於拉丁語“populus”，16世紀起進入英語體系，指某一區域的“全體居民”或“平民群體”，常見於社會學、政治學領域。其詞根“popul”表示“人民”，派生詞包括popular、populate等。
該詞多用於描述社會結構中的非精英階層，常與“權利”“文化”等概念結合，如“平民意識”（populace awareness）。現代語境中既可指代媒體傳播的客群群體（如報紙讀者），也用於公共政策制定時對民眾訴求的判斷。典型例句覆蓋歷史事件（如查理六世鎮壓平民）、現代生活（市民通勤方式）及學術研究（公共衛生政策）等多維場景。
18-19世紀文獻常通過該詞對比特權階層與普通民眾，20世紀後語義擴展至社會主體功能描述，如媒體報導對民眾參與的依賴。雖套用領域從傳統史學延伸至傳媒、公共事務，其核心語義始終聚焦群體性特質，保持“全體居民”與“平民”的雙重釋義。
基本介紹
- 外文名：populace
- 英式讀音：[ˈpɑːpjələs]
- 美式讀音：[ˈpɑːpjələs]
- 詞性：名詞
短語搭配,網路釋義,雙語例句,
短語搭配
Populace mathematics 大眾數學
populace awareness 平民意識
populace literati 平民文人
網路釋義
popsicle 冰棒 populace 平民 popular song 流行歌曲
雙語例句
He had the support of large sections of the local populace.
他受到當地大部分百姓的擁護。
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The populace was admirable.
至於人民，卻是可敬佩的。
A newspaper circulates among the general populace.
報紙廣售於一般大眾之間。
Many of the city's populace travel to work by subway or bus.
許多城市的平民都是坐捷運或公共汽車上下班。
These backward folk were labeled as "fools" by the general populace.
於是這些保守落後的人被平民大眾貼上了“愚人”的標籤。
The social populace understood the climatic change brings threat.
社會民眾了解到氣候變化所帶來的威脅。
Diaries and letters from the period reveal a populace fraught with insecurity.
那個時代一些遺留下來的日記和信都反映了大眾當時無比不安的心理。
As for the populace, it was seething yesterday, to-day it is not stirring.
至於人民，昨天還很激奮，可是今晨卻沒有動靜了。
When Libyan Colonel Moammar Qaddafi's populace turned on him, he bombed them.
當利比亞卡扎菲上校的民眾反對他時，他轟炸他們。
Later, this ritual expanded to include gift-giving among the general populace.
後來，這一儀式擴大成為普通民眾之間送禮物的活動。
There are no monuments or markers recalling the events that decimated Changchun's populace.
沒有任何紀念物或標記回顧這一導致長春民眾大量死亡的事件。
Flying aircraft carriers had a brief stint in the collective imagination of a wartime populace.
會飛的航空母艦在戰時大眾的集體想像中維持了很短的時間。
However, in this period, the American populace insisted that they should have more rights.
而這個時期美國民眾要求權利的呼聲越發的高漲。
The crisis facing the ill is an extreme form of the crisis facing the majority of the populace.
病患所面臨的危機是廣大民眾所面臨的危機的一種極端形式。
There is nothing like the hand of the populace for building everything that is built by demolishing.
再沒有什麼能象民眾的雙手那樣去建造一切為破壞而建的東西。
Has 8 million pre-painted portraits of himself ready to distribute to the populace at a moment's notice?
已擁有了800萬張事先畫好的自己的肖像，準備在宣布訊息時分發給民眾。
Augmented reality (AR) may be well known in geek circles, but it's a mystery to the general populace.
增強實景(Augmented Reality)可能在技術圈裡已經眾所周知，但是在大眾中還是一個神秘的事物。
Americans have the lowest rate of savings of any populace in the developed world, hovering around zero percent.
美國人的儲蓄率是已開發國家人口中最低的，總在零個百分點之間徘徊。
The state could not curtail such activities without inflaming the entire populace, although it periodically tried.
國家不能在不激怒全體民眾的情況下縮減這種企業活動，儘管它做過周期性的嘗試。
Reading historical debates, and hearing of the attention paid to them by a thoughtful populace, certainly makes one wonder.
不管是閱讀對於這個問題的歷史性辯論，還是傾聽好思考的民眾對這些辯論的反應，都會使人對此感到困惑不解。
The mainstream media clearly sees the value in tapping into the general populace to access a more extensive coverage network.
主流媒體很清楚的看到通過民眾來獲取擴展的報導網路的價值。
AAM: So it has always been anticipated that there would be Disclosure and then a period for the populace to adjust to it.
麥：所以一直就有計畫：會有一個揭露，然後經過一段時間來讓公眾適應它。
The real test of the tunnels will be their ability to stand up to a quake and support the local populace during the aftermath.
而隧道組面對的真正挑戰將是它們承受地震及在災後供應當地民眾用水的能力。
Consumer confidence is yes, somewhat shaken, I would say, amongst some of the Singapore populace, but that can't be helped, I think.
在新加坡民眾當中，顧客的信心的確受到了一些打擊，實在是沒辦法。
"Consumer confidence is yes, somewhat shaken, I would say, amongst some of the Singapore populace, but that can't be helped, I think."
在新加坡民眾當中，顧客的信心的確受到了一些打擊，實在是沒辦法。
Some of the fickle populace began to doubt whether they had not been rather precipitate in deposing his brother Washington Irving.
一些多變的人開始懷疑他們把他的兄弟廢除掉是不是太不考慮後果了(華盛頓·歐文)。
