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平民,大众,人口

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Populace \Pop"u*lace\, n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio,
   popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See {People}.]
   The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, --
   comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office,
   education, or profession. --Pope.

         To . . . calm the peers and please the populace.
                                                  --Daniel.

         They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   Syn: Mob; people; commonalty.

资料来源 : WordNet®

populace
     n : people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in
         the eyes of the public" [syn: {public}, {world}]