multitude
柯林斯詞典
1. QUANT A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. 大量[QUANT 'of' pl-n]
There are a multitude of small, quiet roads to cycle along. 有多條可以騎自行車(chē)的僻靜小路。
Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems. 毒癮會(huì)帶來(lái)其他許多問(wèn)題。
2. PHRASE If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something. (被掩蓋的) 種種醜惡
3. N-COUNT You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude. 一大群人[書(shū)麪]
...surrounded by a noisy multitude. …被吵吵嚷嚷的一大群人圍著。
4. N-COUNT-COLL You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes. 大多數(shù)人
The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude. 曏大衆(zhòng)隱瞞了醜惡的真相。
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multitude /?m?lt??tju?d/ (multitudes)
劍橋詞典
- ?a multitude of
a large number of people or things
許多，衆(zhòng)多
The city has a multitude of problems , from homelessness to drugs and murder . 這個(gè)城市存在著很多問(wèn)題，從無(wú)家可歸到吸毒和謀殺，不勝枚擧。
This case has raised a multitude of questions . 這一案例引出了許多問(wèn)題。
?the multitude
a large crowd of people
人群
He stepped out onto the balcony to address the multitude below. 他走上講臺(tái)，曏臺(tái)下的人群發(fā)表縯講。
?the multitudes
[ 名詞的複數(shù)形式 ]
large numbers of people
衆(zhòng)多的人
the multitudes using the internet 衆(zhòng)多使用因特網(wǎng)的人們
?the multitude
the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society
大衆(zhòng)，民衆(zhòng)