masses

英 ['mæsiz] 美
  • 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

中高频词

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.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

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.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

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。

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It has masses of flowers each year.
它每年都开许多花。

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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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