American

[ә'merikәn]

n. 美国人，美洲人；美国英语

adj. 美国的，美洲的；地道美国式的

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a.

美国的; 美洲的

n.

美国人; 美洲人

American

American[ə'merikən]adj.1.■美洲的2.■(不计南极在内)西半球的3.■美国的；美国人的4.■美洲印第安人的5.■在美洲土生土长的，原产于美洲的n.1.■美洲人，美洲公民；出生(或定居)于美洲的人；尤指2.■美洲印第安人3.■美国人，美利坚人4.■美国(式)英语;在美国说的英语 [见American English]as American as apple pie地道美国式的(苹果馅饼是美国的标准饭后甜食)

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants
   美国的；美国人的
   the election of a new American president.
   新一届美国总统选举。
   ■relating to or denoting the continents of America
   与美洲（大陆）有关的；美洲（大陆）的
   the American continent south of the tropic of Cancer.
   北回归线以南的美洲大陆。
   

1. a native or citizen of the United States
   美国人，美国公民
   ■a native or inhabitant of any of the countries of North, South, or Central America
   美洲人（或居民）
   
2. [mass noun]the English language as it is used in the United States; American English
   美国英语
   

1. from modern Latin Americanus, from America
   

American

American

■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。

■The American declaration of war in 1917 tipped the scales against Germany.

一九一七年美国宣战,扭转了对德之战的形势。

■A gifted American psychologist has said, "Worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go".

一位天才的美国心理学家说过：“烦恼是感情的一阵发作; 脑子被某件事纠缠着而又抛不开它。”

■An American university president once commented that Einstein has created a new outlook, a new view of the universe.

一位美国大学校长曾经评论说爱因斯坦创立了一种新的观点，即一种新的宇宙观。

■An American student wants to see you.

一位美国学生想见你。

■An American economist said that protective duties and tariff wars are no less costly than armed peace or real warfare.

一位美国经济学家说，保护关税和关税战所造成的损害不亚于武装和平或真正的战争。

■An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.

一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

■American blackberry with oblong black fruit.

一种结黑色长方形果实的美洲黑莓。

■Quite a few people are interested in seeing movies about American police and gangsters.

不少人对看美国警匪片很感兴趣。

■Almost every language in the world has dialects and American English is no exception.

世界上几乎每种语言都有方言，美国话也不例外。

■George is taking over the running of our American operation.

乔治准备接手经营我们的美国企业。

■The twentieth century is only the nineteenth speaking with a slightly American accent.

二十世纪只不过是稍微带着美国口音说话的十九世纪罢了。

■Abraham Lincoln, the president loved by American people was always close to the people.

亚伯拉罕·林肯，这位美国人民所爱戴的总统，与人民群众的联系始终很密切。

■Bisons used to roam through the American Great Plains, but most of them were slaughtered by hunters.

从前野牛在美国大平原上漫游,但是大多数都被猎人屠杀了。

■Bison used to roam through the American great plains, but most of them are slaughter by hunter.

从前野牛在美国大平原上漫游，但是大多数都被猎人屠杀了。

■He did not want to see any American blood spilt.

他不想看到任何美国人流血牺牲。

■In common with most American people, he enjoys football.

他与大多数美国人一样,喜欢橄榄球运动。

■He advocated the withdrawal of the American presence in Lebanon.

他主张美国人应该从黎巴嫩撤走。

■The influence of his American years following on his apprenticeship with Tony has left us thinking of him as a conductor tough to the point of brutality. But now, returning to Europe, he seems newly relaxed.

他从师托尼后又在美国生活了那么些年，我们感到，这使他变成了一个强悍得几乎野蛮的管理者。可现在，他回到了欧洲，似乎又重新变得宽容了。

■Be they American or Australian?

他们是美国人还是澳大利亚人？

■They were the pioneers of the American West.

他们是美国西部的开拓者。

■He embodied the American spirit of optimistic materialism.

他具体表现了美国人乐观的物质主义精神。

■He commanded those powerful armies till then assembled in modern warfare, he enforced conscription of soldiers for the first time in American history and under　imperative necessity he abolished the rights of Habeas Corpus.

他命令强大的军队集结投入现代战争，他在美国历史上首次厉行征兵制度，在紧急形势的要求下，他废除了人身保护令所赋予的权力。

■He operated in an American company.

他在一家美国公司供职。

■He landed a job in a large American corporation.

他在一家美国大公司谋得一职。

■Two years in New York have left him with a transatlantic (ie American) accent.

他在纽约住了两年就带上了美国口音。

■He works at the American Embassy in Moscow.

他在莫斯科的美国驻俄大使馆工作。

■He's quite clued-up on American literature.

他对美国文学很精通。

■He is American to the core.

他是个地地道道的美国人。

■He is typically American.

他是典型的美国人。

■He is an American of French ancestry.

他是法国血统的美国人。

■He was making a major effort to tilt American policy towards Africa.

他正在作出重大努力使美国政策向非洲倾斜。

■He makes several business visits to American every year.

他每年都要为商务到美国去几次。

■His accent proclaimed that he was an American.

他的口音表明他是一个美国人。

■His lecture is on contemporary American novelists.

他的演讲是关於当代美国小说家的。

■He has an intimate knowledge of American literature.

他精通美国文学。

■He speaks English as though he were an American.

他讲起英语来好像他是个美国人。

■He commented that this novel was a masterpiece of American literature.

他评论说这部小说是美国文学中的杰作。

■He spoke with an American accent.

他说话带着美国英语口音。

■He is well read in American history.

他通晓美国历史。

■Russian-born American nuclear physicist known for his work on radioactivity and genetic information as well as his books popularizing theories of physics.

伽莫夫，乔治1904－1968俄国裔的美国核物理学家，因在射线遗传信息方面的研究和有关普及物理理论的书籍而闻名于世

■Have you been to American Grand Canyon National Park?

你到过美国大峡谷国家公园吗?

■If you compare British football with American football you'll find many differences.

你把英式足球与美式足球作一比较，便会发现许多不同之处。

■The Russian team entered a protest against the tactics of American side.

俄罗斯队提出正式抗议，反对美国队的战术。

■Russian-born American violinist noted for his pure intonation and interpretive sense.

俄裔美国小提琴家以他纯正的音调和阐释的能力而著名。

■American youth in the sixties were rather open about sex.

六十年代的美国青年对两性关系相当开放。

■Several South American states broke off diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany.

几个南美洲国家和纳粹德国断绝了外交关系。

■For months, Mr. Bush's strategy has forced his own hand more than Saddam Hussein's. That was the case when he decided in November to increase American forces in the gulf from200,000 to500,000.

几个月来，布什的战略迫使自己冒进，而萨达姆却指挥若定。十一月间，他决定将波斯湾美国军力从20万增至50万，即是一例。

■Russian-born American economist. He won a1973 Nobel Prize for devising the input-output technique of economic analysis.

列昂捷夫，瓦斯利生于1906俄裔美籍经济学家。因其策划经济学分析的投入一产出技巧而获1973年的诺贝尔奖

■North American bur marigold with large flowers.

北美的一种鬼针草属植物，花大。