名詞 population:

1. the people who inhabit a territory or state
2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
   同義詞：universe
4. 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.)
5. the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

1. We have a growing population and therefore we need more food.
   我們的人口在增長(zhǎng)，因此我們需要更多的食物。
2. The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.
   所有的居民都被可怕的疾病奪去了生命。
3. The main impediment to development is the country's large population.
   發(fā)展的主要障礙是這個(gè)國(guó)家人口太多。
4. There has been a steady decrease in population in this city.
   這個(gè)城市的人口在持續(xù)下降。
5. On one hand, one rule limits the women's colleges to300 members, and on the other hand, another rule allows the total number of women to be1/50 of the male undergraduate population.
   一方面一個(gè)規(guī)章制定在校的女生數(shù)限于300人，另一方面，另一規(guī)定又允許女生總數(shù)占男生人數(shù)的五分之一。
6. The density of population in this city is very high.
   這個(gè)城市的人口密度非常高。
7. What is the population of this country?
   這個(gè)國(guó)家的人口是多少？

pop.u.la.tion

n.Abbr. pop.,p.（名詞）縮寫 pop.,p.

All of the people inhabiting a specified area.
全體人員：居住于某一地區(qū)的所有的人
The total number of such people.
人口數(shù)：上述人的總數(shù)量
The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area.
人口分布：構(gòu)成某地區(qū)的人種、類群或種群的居住者的總數(shù)
The act or process of furnishing with inhabitants.
移民，定居：使有人居住的行動(dòng)或過程
Ecology All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
【生態(tài)學(xué)】 種群，族群：構(gòu)成某一群體或生活在某一棲居地的所有生物
Statistics The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken.Also called In this sense, also called universe
【統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)】 總體，母體：從其中抽出統(tǒng)計(jì)樣品，例如一組個(gè)體、物品或數(shù)據(jù)也作 在此意義上也可稱作 universe