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📰 外刊例句

Rising seas will submerge the low-lying Caribbean islands of San Blas, a tourist attraction and home to several thousand Guna, an indigenous group. 海平面不断上升,加勒比海上低海拔的圣布拉斯群岛将被淹没,这里既是旅游胜地,也是数千名土著古纳人的家园。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
[形容词] 自然起源于或出现在某个特定地方的;本地的


💡 深入解读

Indigenous 不仅是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)之前推送过的ingenious有些形似的单词,同时也易与 indigent (贫穷的)、 indignant (愤怒的、愤慨的)、 indignity (侮辱、轻蔑、侮辱性言行)等相混淆。此外, indigenous 在小站之前推送过的好书推荐 | 一本让你寒假弯道超车的单词书中也曾提到过。该词源自拉丁语indigena(土生土长的),17世纪中期经晚期拉丁语indigenus(出生于某个国家的、本地的)进入英语,也是用来表示“本土的、本地的、当地的、土生土长的”,多指某个物种、种族或事物自然起源于或出现在某个特定的地方或国家,而不是从他处来的,其涉及地域范围较大,诸如一个国家或某个具有特定气候类型的地区,

比如:

The notorious policy hazarded the peninsula and put the lives of the indigenous people at risk.这项臭名昭著的政策将这座半岛和半岛上的原住民置于了危险的境地。

Not all indigenous regimes were willing to accept the unequal treaties imposed by foreign powers.并非所有的本土政权都愿意接受列强强加的不平等条约。

Some indigenous tribes and scavengers.影视用例查看视频请点击:小词详解 | indigenous

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native: of the indigenous inhabitants of a place original: present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest aboriginal: inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • native: of the indigenous inhabitants of a place
  • original: present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest
  • aboriginal: inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous
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