population什么意思lCL中文字网
nounlCL中文字网
一. the act of populating (causing to live in a place)lCL中文字网
e.g. he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminalslCL中文字网
二. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawnlCL中文字网
e.g. it is an estimate of the mean of the populationlCL中文字网
Synonym: universelCL中文字网
三. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given arealCL中文字网
e.g. they hired hunters to keep down the deer populationlCL中文字网
四. the people who inhabit a territory or statelCL中文字网
e.g. the population seemed to be well fed and clothedlCL中文字网
五. the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)lCL中文字网
e.g. people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasinglCL中文字网