public是什么意思_public怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole;"the public good"
"public libraries"
"public funds"
"public parks"
"a public scandal"
"public gardens"
"performers and members of royal families are public figures"

affecting the people or community as a whole;"community leaders"
"community interests"
"the public welfare"

中英词源

public 公众的，百姓的，公共的，公开的

来自拉丁语publicus,人民的，普通人的，来自populus,人，人民，词源同people,popular.并引申诸词义。

public: public: [15] Public means etymologically ‘of the people’. It comes via Old French public from Latin pūblicus, an alteration (apparently inspired by pūber ‘adult’, source of English puberty) of poplicus ‘of the people’, which was derived from populus ‘people’ (source of English people, popular, etc). Publicity [19] was borrowed from the French derivative publicité.
=> people, popular, pub, publish
public (adj.): late 14c., "open to general observation," from Old French public (c. 1300) and directly from Latin publicus "of the people; of the state; done for the state," also "common, general, public; ordinary, vulgar," and as a noun, "a commonwealth; public property," altered (probably by influence of Latin pubes "adult population, adult") from Old Latin poplicus "pertaining to the people," from populus "people" (see people (n.)).

Early 15c. as "pertaining to the people." From late 15c. as "pertaining to public affairs;" meaning "open to all in the community" is from 1540s in English. An Old English adjective in this sense was folclic. Public relations first recorded 1913 (after an isolated use by Thomas Jefferson in 1807). Public office "position held by a public official" is from 1821; public service is from 1570s; public interest from 1670s. Public-spirited is from 1670s. Public enemy is attested from 1756. Public sector attested from 1949. Public funds (1713) are the funded debts of a government.

Public school is from 1570s, originally, in Britain, a grammar school endowed for the benefit of the public, but most have evolved into boarding-schools for the well-to-do. The main modern meaning in U.S., "school (usually free) provided at public expense and run by local authorities," is attested from 1640s. For public house, see pub.
public (n.): "the community," 1610s, from public (adj.); meaning "people in general" is from 1660s. In public "in public view, publicly" is attested from c. 1500.

词态变化

复数 publics;
副词 publicly;

权威造句

1. The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.: 公众从来不相信他有能力胜任这一职位。

2. There needs to be a properly informed public debate.: 有必要让公众在充分知情的状况下展开辩论。

3. He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.: 他是英格兰西部一所公学的校长。

4. Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.: 新的党名意在使该党对公众具有更强的吸引力。

5. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system.: 有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。

近反义词

adj.

accessible

civic

civil

communal

important

known

popular

community

people

society

相似短语

the public 公众，民众

in public adv.当众,公开地,公然地

public debt n.<主美>公债,国债

public gallery 旁听席

public good 公众得益,公益

public school n.公立中小学

public service n.公用设施,公共服务

public utilities 公用事业

public utility n. 公用事业

Public Key 【计算机】公开密钥公开密钥公开密钥为一组电子密码，经过凭证管理中心认证发给凭证后，可作为验证私密密钥（Private Key）的凭据。

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