masses
- n. 民众;大量(mass的复数);包块
- v. 集中;聚集(mass的三单形式)
- n. (Masses)人名;(西)马塞斯
英英释意
- 1. the common people generally;
- "separate the warriors from the mass"
- "power to the people"
英文词源
- masses (n.)
- "people of the lower class," 1836; plural of mass (n.1).
同义词辨析
group, crowd, gang, band, mob, throng, masses, swarm
这些名词均含"群,帮,伙"之意。
group: 普通用词,通常指有组织、有秩序的一群人,也可指无意汇集在一起的一群人。
crowd: 常指无组织地乱哄哄地挤在一起的人群。
gang: 常指从事非法、暴力或敌对活动的帮派或团伙。有时呈中性,词义同group。
band: 多指一群有明确宗旨,为共同目的而结合在一起的人,常含贬义。
mob: 指无组织、乱七八糟凑合在一起的乌合之众,或指聚集在一起寻衅滋事的人群,多为暴徒。
throng: 书面用词,意义接近crowd,侧重密集地挤在一起的一群,含挤在一起向前推进之意。
masses: 指群众或人民大众。
swarm: 指人数众多,杂乱无章,不停移动的一群人。
people, masses, crowd, throng, mob
这些名词均有"人们,人群"之意。
people: 最普通用词,不带任何色彩,泛指不确定数量的人们。
masses: 指群众或平民,在西方国家含贬义,在我国含褒义。
crowd: 本义指一大群紧紧聚集在一起的人群,现指群众整体,由个体结合的人群或大众。
throng与crowd含义很接近,常可换用,但侧重指向前运动的群众。
mob: 含贬义,指乌合之众、暴民。
考试真题
- When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- help the broad masses of readers
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- So they are likely to remain rich peopled playthings rather than practical transport solutions for the masses.
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- They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self expression.
2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.
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- Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling over helpless masses.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- In Greece, in Athens, a little city in a little country, there were no helpless masses.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color.
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- The polar bear is found in the Arctic circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文
- "Whenever decisions are based on masses of data, you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions," notes Tan kiat How, chief executive of a singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of ai.
2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ
- A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.
2017年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- And history should be the story of the masses and their record of struggle.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- The research of till Von Wachter, the economist in Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise woul
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Whenever decisions are based on masses of data, "you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions," notes Tan kiat How, chief executive of a singapore-based agency that is helping the government develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of AI.
2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ
实用场景例句
- This issue has aroused much resentment among the masses.
- 这个问题在民众中间引起了强烈的不满。
柯林斯例句
- It has masses of flowers each year.
- 它每年都开许多花。
柯林斯例句
- The books were intended for the edification of the masses.
- 这些书旨在教化民众。
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- The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.
- 财富来自大众的辛勤劳动.
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- The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
- 那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动.
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- The harbour was blocked in by floating masses of ice.
- 大块大块的浮冰把港口堵塞了.
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- We can hardly do without the help of the masses.
- 我们离不开群众的帮助.
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- Where the masses are not roused, work will stagnate.
- 哪里不发动群众, 哪里的工作就死气沉沉.
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- It's necessary for leading cadres to keep frequent contacts with the masses.
- 领导应和群众经常见面.
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- His heart is linked with the hearts of the masses.
- 他和群众心连心.
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- Never do anything to harm the interests of the masses.
- 损害群众利益的事绝对不干.
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- We must go all out to mobilize the masses.
- 我们要放手发动群众.
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- This movement has aroused the masses on a large scale.
- 这次运动,群众发动的面很广.
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- Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
- 这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎.
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- His work won the praise of the broad masses.
- 他的工作博得广大群众的称许.
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