新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

nativeIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈneɪtɪv]

[ADJ, NOUN]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. 出生并从小长大的（国家或地方）
Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.
双语例句
例：
It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.
这是1948年以来他首次访问祖国。
2. 本国的 , 本地的
Native is used to describe someone who was born in a particular country or region.
双语例句
例：
Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian.
乔舒亚·哈尔彭是土生土长的北加州人。
3. 土著的
Some European people use native to describe a person living in a non-Western country who belongs to the race or tribe that the majority of people there belong to. This use could cause offence.
近义词
indigenous
双语例句
例：
Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion.
土著人获准保留一些自己的传统文化和宗教。
4. （语言）本国的 , 出生地的
Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child.
近义词
mother
反义词
non-native
双语例句
例：
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French.
她不仅讲她的母语瑞典语，还讲英语和法语。
例：
French is not my native tongue.
法语不是我的第一语言。
5. （动植物）当地出生的
Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there.
近义词
indigenous
反义词
non-native
双语例句
例：
a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines.
一个营造50英亩喀里多尼亚土生松林的项目。
例：
Many of the plants are native to Brazil.
那些植物中有很多是巴西土生土长的。

NOUN. 名词

natives
1. [C 可数名词] 本国人 , 本地人
A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region.
双语例句
例：
Dr Aubin is a native of St Louis.
奥宾医生是圣路易斯人。
2. [C 可数名词] 土著
Some European people use native to refer to a person living in a non-Western country who belongs to the race or tribe that the majority of people there belong to. This use could cause offence.
双语例句
例：
They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.
他们用武力将土著人驱逐出更加肥沃的土地。
3. [C 可数名词] 土生动植物
If a plant or animal is a native of a particular region, it lives or grows there naturally and was not brought there.
双语例句
例：
The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.
这棵椰子树是马来西亚的土生植物。