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public单词基本解析：

n.平民; 志趣相投的人adj.公众的; 公共的; 政府的; 公用的; 公开的; 公开场合的;
adj.公众的, 公共的, 公开的 n.民众, 公众, 大众
adj.公众的，公共的；公开的；政府的；人人知道的，知名的

public变化用词：

复数:publics;副词:publicly;
名词: publicness |
复数：publics

public英英释义：

Noun

1. people in general considered as a whole;

"he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

2. a body of people sharing some common interest;

"the reading public"

名词 public:

people in general considered as a whole

同义词：populace, world

a body of people sharing some common interest

形容词 public:

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

affecting the people or community as a wholepublic[ 'pʌblik ]n.people in general considered as a whole

"he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

同义词：populaceworld

a body of people sharing some common interest

"the reading public"

adj.not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

"the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"

affecting the people or community as a whole

"the public welfare"

public中文词源：

public用法和例句：

The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the issues.

这场运动旨在提高民众对这些问题的认识。

Levels of waste from the factory may be a danger to public health.

工厂排出废弃物的量可能危及大众的健康。

Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest (= useful to ordinary people) ?

关闭医院怎么会对民众有利呢？

The government had to bow to public pressure.

政府不得不向公众的压力低头。

a public education system

公共教育体系

a public library

公共图书馆

(British English)the public purse (= the money that the government can spend)

国库

The rail industry is no longer in public ownership (= controlled by the government) .

铁路业不再归国有了。

public money/spending/funding/expenditure

公款；公共开支；政府拨款；政府开支

He spent much of his career in public office (= working in the government) .

他的事业生涯中大部分时间从事政府工作。

Lauderdale House is now open to the public...

劳德代尔艺术教育中心现已向公众开放。

Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public...

纯酒精不向大众出售。

Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.

市场调查表明93%的观众希望有一个播放热门影片的频道。

...the American voting public.

美国选民

The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.

总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。

The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.

社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。

...the New York Public Library...

纽约公立图书馆

The new museum must be accessible by public transport.

新博物馆必须能乘坐公共交通工具到达。

...the heavily congested public areas of international airports...

国际机场人潮涌动的公共场所

I avoid working in places which are too public.

我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。

The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday hit out at public figures who commit adultery...

昨天坎特伯雷大主教严厉抨击了几位与人通奸的公众人物。

I'd like to see more women in public life, especially Parliament.

我希望看到更多女性参与公众事务，尤其是能在议会中工作。

The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer...

国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。

The comments were the ministry's first detailed public statement on the subject...

这些评论是该部委第一次就此事所作的详细公开声明。

Blair wants any new evidence on IRA pub bombs made public...

布莱尔希望将任何关于爱尔兰共和军制造的酒馆爆炸事件的新证据都公之于众。

The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.

一旦披露出去，真相会让人非常尴尬。

One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum...

人们期望公众人物的私生活能检点些。

He has kept his wife and daughter out of the public eye.

他一直让妻子和女儿远离公众视线。

In 1951 AC went public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000.

AC公司于1951年上市，当时平均年利润为5万多英镑。

Bylaws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.

地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。

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The phrase "secret diplomacy" has long been a red rag to American public opinion.

“秘密外交政策”的说法长期以来引起了美国公众的愤怒。

An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.

一个正直的法官不能一味顺从舆论。

Right of the owner of a piece of land to use a public road which is next to the land.

一块土地的所有权人使用靠近其土地公路的权利。

A public relation firm handle all our publicity.

一家公共关系公司负责处理我们的全部广告宣传工作。

In his off hours he searched the public library for references.

下班之后他就到公共图书馆去查找资料。

MPs voice public dissatisfaction at having to pay higher taxes.

下议院议员道出了公众对增加税收的不满。

Soon afterwards he made his first public statement about the affair.

不久以后，他第一次就这一事件发表了公开声明。

Don't give away to the public when we will start.

不要向公众泄露我们出发的日期。

At the same time, church schools were agitating for public funds to help them bear the responsibility for education.

与此同时，教会学校也纷纷要求公家提供资金以帮助它们承担教育任务。

Once the affair became public, he was persecuted by the press.

事情公开後，他便受到新闻界的纠缠。

He maintained his stand in the teeth of public opinion.

他不顾公众舆论的反对而坚持自己的立场。

She has shown a flair for public relations from the beginnings.

他从一开始就已经显露出从事公共关系工作的天赋。

They are dependent on public charity.

他们依赖公众的赈济。

Their financial problems are public property now.

他们在经济上出现的问题现已尽人皆知了。

They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.

他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

Their perilous journey across the ocean has attracted public attention.

他们的越洋冒险旅行引起了公众的注意。

For the first time they hold hands in public.

他们第一次手搀手地公开露面。

He serves the public wholeheartedly, regardless of his personal gain or loss.

他全心全意为公众服务，从不计较个人得失。

In public he said that the company will soon be in profit, but in private he was less optimistic.

他公开场合说公司将很快会赢利，但私下里他对此并非乐观。

His public expressions of grief are nothing but show.

他公开表示悲痛只不过是做做样子而已。

Only rarely does he let his own views become public.

他只是偶尔一次公开自己的观点。

He stayed in the background to escape from the public attention.

他呆在幕后为了避开公众的注意。

He received a public censure for his dishonorable behavior.

他因不光彩的行为而受到公众谴责。

He did it in full view of the public.

他在众目睽睽之下做了那件事。

He supported the official policy in public, but privately he know it will fail.

他在公开的场合里拥护官方的政策，而在私下里却明白那是行不通的。

He cares not a whit for public opinion.

他对舆论毫不关心。

He rapped the government on the knuckles for wasting the public money.

他尖刻地抨击政府浪费公款。

His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.

他很腼腆，当众讲话简直是受罪。

He loaned his collection of pictures to the public gallery.

他把自己的字画收藏品借给了大众美术馆。

He is one of the most admired public figures/figures in public life today.

他是当今公众事务中最受大家爱戴的人。

One of his less attractive traits is criticizing his wife in public.

他有个不大讨人喜欢的特点，就是爱当众责备妻子。

His public speaking manner is still not very assured.

他演讲的神态还显出有点缺乏自信。

He works in public relation.

他的工作是搞公共关系的。

His style of public speaking is imitative of the prime minister.

他的演讲风格是模仿首相的。

He made his first public appearance when he was ten.

他第一次登台公开露面是在他10岁的时候。

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainer for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

以为为公众大声疾呼者就是最急于为公众谋福利的人，其实是一个极其普遍的错误。

Any public figure risks being made an Aunt Sally by the popular press.

任何知名人士都要冒风险，会成为通俗刊物的众矢之的。

Eve is widely known as a shrewd, successful businessman, full of public spirit.

伊夫是一位有声望的成功商人，精明能干，热心公益事业。

One of the party's policies is to control public spending.

党的政策之一就是要控制公共开支。

The public took me to their heart, right from the first.

公众从一开始就热情地接受了我。

The public are clamouring for a change of government.

公众大声疾呼要求撤换政府。

The public is fascinated by the private lives of public figures.

公众对社会名流的私生活具有浓厚的兴趣。

The public didn't take kindly to that novel.

公众对这本小说不太喜欢。

The public should be educated in how to use energy more effectively.

公众应受到合理地利用能源的教育。

The public feeds on these periodicals.

公众由于有这些期刊可以阅读而得到满足。

Public interest centres on the outcome of next month's by-election.

公众的兴趣集中在下个月补缺选举的结果上。

Public interest centres on the outcome of next week's by-election.

公众的注意力集中在下周的补选结果上。

Public opinion was against the old feudal system.

公众舆论反对旧的封建制度。

Public opinion was moving strongly in favor of disarmament.

公众舆论正在强烈支持裁军。

The tide of public opinion seems to be turning against the government.

公众舆论的趋向看来是转向不利于政府的方向。

It's the way of business for the public to get tired of a product.

公众逐渐对某一产品失去兴趣是商业上常有的事。

Public transport is a lifeline for many rural communities.

公共交通对许多农村居民来说是不可或缺的。

Should public transport be subsidized?

公共交通应当受到资助吗？

The grave problem of public hygiene is connected with the inefficient sewage system of the city.

公共卫生方面的严重问题与该城低效率的污水处理系统有关。

The enclosure of public land mean that ordinary people can not use it.

公共土地的圈围意味著普通人将不能使用它。

Smoking is prohibited in public buildings or in the crowded bus.

公共建筑物内或拥挤的公车上是禁止抽烟的。

The Public School system is often seen to be the sacred cow of the upper classes.

公学制常常被看作是上层阶级神圣不可侵犯的事物。

The disclosure that he had been in prison ruined his chance for public office.

公开他曾坐牢一事断送了他谋求在政府机构任职的机会。

The army's task was the restoration of public order.

军队的任务是要去恢复公共秩序。

The public spending cuts will mean the chop for several hospitals.

削减公费开支意味著要砍掉几所医院。

The full details of the agreement haven't been made public.

协议的细节尚未公布。

The speaker is apparently unaware(that) dog is a public nuisance.

发言人显然没有注意到，狗是一种社会公害。

Clarity of diction is vital for a public speaker.

发音清晰对演说家至关重要。

Jim's father often said that one secret of his success in business was that he always stayed one step ahead of public demand.

吉姆的父亲常说他的生意成功的秘密就是他总是稍稍领先一步公众的需求。

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first importance to a public man.

因此，对一个从事社会活动的人来讲，培养一种嗜好和新的情趣方式，乃是至关重要的对策。

Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world.

在世界多数国家里，对公共财产或者私人财产进行保险乃是正常营业。

It is antisocial to leave one's litter in public places.

在公众场所遗弃杂物是妨害公众利益的。

Appearing naked in public is an offence against decency.

在大庭广众之中赤身裸体是有失体面的事。

I just do not feel comfortable holding hand in public.

在大庭广众前牵手，我就是觉得不自在。

Public sales are held on market days.

在市集日公开举行买卖。

I doubt the propriety of making a public statement before we have studied the official reports.

在我们对那些官方报告进行研究之前就发表公开声明，我怀疑这样做是否适当。

In an advertisement in the evening paper, he calls public attention to his new stock of goods.

在晚报的一则广告里，他促请大家注意他新进的货物。

There is a public convenience on the corner of the street.

在街道的拐角处有公共厕所。

In many countries it is considered rude to spit in public.

在许多国家，当众吐痰属不雅行为。

Public opinion has polarized on this issue.

在这个问题上公众的意见已两极分化。

The restaurant have six parking space allocate in the public car park next door.

在隔壁的公共停车场里，这个餐馆有6个停车位。

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

坚持独身，就会使一个男人把自己化为永远吸引大众的人物。

There used to be public executions.

处决囚犯过去都是公开执行的。

Most experts agree that computers are essential to solving the problems of increasing population, city living and public welfare.

多数专家认为计算机对于解决人口增长、城市居住以及公共福利是不可缺少的。

Most Moslem women wear veils in public places.

大多数穆斯林妇女在公共场所都戴着面纱。

用作形容词(adj.)

Changing public perception may take some time.
改变公众的看法需要一些时间。

The pension fund owns shares in several major public companies.
该养老基金在几家主要出售股份给公众的公司中均有股份。

The government decided to promote public welfare.
政府决定发展公共福利。

The town has its own public library and public gardens.
那城市有自己的公用图书馆和公园。

She decided to make her views public.
她决定把自己的观点公开。

用作名词(n.)

The area has been fenced from the public.
该地区为防止民众进出而围起来。

The leader rarely shows herself in public.
这位领导她很少在公众场合露面。

The town gardens are open to the public from sunrise to the sunset daily.
市立公园每天从早到晚对公众开放。

This kind of programme always satisfied the public.
这类节目总能令大众满意。

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