新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

publicIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈpʌblɪk]

[ADJ, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 公众的
Public means relating to all the people in a country or community.
双语例句
例：
The president is attempting to drum up public support for his economic programme.
总统正试图为他的经济计划争取公众的支持。
例：
The dominance of public opinion resulted in tyranny and mediocrity.
对公众观点的统治造成了暴政及庸政。
2. 政府的
Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state.
近义词
government , state
反义词
private
双语例句
例：
The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
社会服务占政府开支相当大的一部分。
例：
the role of religion in shaping public policy.
宗教在决定政府政策方面的作用。
3. （建筑或服务）公共的
Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use.
双语例句
例：
the New York Public Library.
纽约公共图书馆。
例：
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。
例：
a public health service.
一项公共健康服务。
4. （地方）公共的
A public place is one where people can go about freely and where you can easily be seen and heard.
双语例句
例：
the heavily congested public areas of international airports.
国际机场里严重拥挤的公共区域。
5. 公众熟悉的
If someone is a public figure or in public life, many people know who they are because they are often mentioned in newspapers and on television.
双语例句
例：
He hit out at public figures who commit adultery.
他猛烈抨击与人通奸的公众人物。
6. （陈述、行为或事件）公开的
Public is used to describe statements, actions, and events that are made or done in such a way that any member of the public can see them or be aware of them.
双语例句
例：
a public inquiry into the most grievous breakdown in security our nation has ever known.
对我们国家所经历的最严重的安全体系崩溃一事的公开调查。
例：
The comments were the governor's first detailed public statement on the subject.
这些评论是州长就这个问题所进行的首次详尽的公开声明。
7. （事实）公开的
If a fact is made public or becomes public, it becomes known to everyone rather than being kept secret.
双语例句
例：
The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
如果公开的话，这些事实可能会引起尴尬。

NOUN. 名词

1. [SING 单数型名词] 公众
You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, as the public.
近义词
population , community , people
双语例句
例：
The park is now open to the public.
那个公园现在对公众开放了。
例：
Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public.
纯酒精是不对大众销售的。
例：
Trade unions are regarding the poll as a test of the public's confidence in the government.
工会认为此次民意测验是对政府公信度的一次测试。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 群体
You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind of public.
双语例句
例：
Market research showed that 93 of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.
市场调查显示，93的电视观众希望有一个热门电影频道。

PHRASE. 习语

in public
1. 当众
If you say or do something in public, you say or do it when a group of people are present.
双语例句
例：
I probably won't be performing in public much.
我很可能不会经常当众演出。
go public
1. 上市
If a company goes public, it starts selling its shares on the stock exchange.
双语例句
例：
The company went public at $21 per share.
这家公司以每股21美元的价格上市了。