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public 音标拼音: [p'ʌblɪk] n. 公众,民众
a. 公众的,公共的,公立的,公用的 公众,民众公众的,公共的,公立的,公用的 public公用 公开 public adj 1: 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" [ ant: { private}] 2: affecting the people or community as a whole; " community leaders"; " community interests"; " the public welfare" n 1: people in general considered as a whole; " he is a hero in the eyes of the public" [ synonym: { populace}, { public}, { world}] 2: a body of people sharing some common interest; " the reading public" Public \ Pub" lic\, a. [ L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See { People}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to { private}; as, the public treasury. [ 1913 Webster] To the public good Private respects must yield. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] He [ Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. -- D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. [ 1913 Webster] Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. -- Matt. i. 19. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. " The public street." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { public act} or { public statute} ( Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. { Public credit}. See under { Credit}. { Public funds}. See { Fund}, 3. { Public house}, an inn, or house of entertainment. { Public law}. ( a) See { International law}, under { International}. ( b) A public act or statute. { Public nuisance}. ( Law) See under { Nuisance}. { Public orator}. ( Eng. Universities) See { Orator}, 3. { Public stores}, military and naval stores, equipments, etc. { Public works}, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost. [ 1913 Webster]
Public \ Pub" lic\, n. 1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author' s public. [ 1913 Webster] The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A public house; an inn. [ Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] { In public}, openly; before an audience or the people at large; not in private or secrecy. " We are to speak in public." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 310 Moby Thesaurus words for " public": Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, associated, attendant, audience, available, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blatant, blind tiger, boardinghouse, body politic, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, broadcast, brought to notice, buff, business, buyers, cabaret, cafe, campy, carriage trade, catholic, cavaliere servente, celebrated, circulated, citizenry, citizens, civic, civil, clear, clear- cut, clientage, clientele, cocktail lounge, collective, collectivistic, common, common knowledge, common man, common property, commonalty, commonly known, commonplace, commonwealth, communal, communistic, community, community at large, commutual, conjoint, conjunct, conspicuous, constituency, consumers, cooperative, cortical, cosmopolitan, courtier, cultural community, current, custom, dangler, declared, demos, dependent, diffused, disciple, disreputable, disseminated, distributed, dive, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinking saloon, dwellers, eminent, epidermic, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, exomorphic, exposed, exterior, external, extrinsic, familiar, famous, fan, flagrant, fleabag, flophouse, flunky, folk, folks, follower, followers, following, free, fringe, general, general public, gentry, gin mill, government, governmental, groggery, grogshop, guest house, habitancy, hackneyed, hanger- on, henchman, high- camp, hoi polloi, homely, homespun, homme de cour, honky- tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, household, illustrious, in circulation, in common, in print, in public, in the open, infamous, influential, inhabitants, inn, international, joint, kitschy, known, linguistic community, local, lodging house, low- camp, made public, make public, manifest, market, masses, men, middle class, multitude, municipal, mutual, nation, national, nationality, nightclub, notable, noted, notorious, obvious, open, openly, ordinary, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward- facing, overt, parasite, partisan, patent, patronage, pension, people, people at large, people in general, peripheral, persons, plain, platitudinous, plebeian, plebeians, polity, pop, populace, popular, population, portion, posada, pothouse, proclaimed, projected, proletariat, prominent, propagated, proverbial, pub, public house, publicly, publish, published, purchasing public, pursuer, pursuivant, rank and file, rathskeller, reciprocal, renowned, reported, roadhouse, rooming house, roundabout, rumshop, rural market, saloon, saloon bar, satellite, sectary, sector, seeming, segment, shadow, shared, social, socialistic, societal, society, speakeasy, special- interest group, speech community, spread, state, stated, stooge, suburban market, successor, suite, superficial, supporter, supranational, surface, tagtail, tail, talked- about, talked- of, taproom, tavern, telecast, televised, the citizenry, the general public, the people, the populace, the population, the public, third estate, trade, trainbearer, trite, truistic, unconcealed, universal, universally admitted, universally recognized, unrestricted, unshrouded, urban, vernacular, viewable, visible, votary, ward heeler, well- kenned, well- known, well- recognized, well- understood, whole people, widely known, widespread, wine shop, world, worldwide, you and me, youth marketPUBLIC. By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public. 2. A distinction has been made between the terms public and general, they are sometimes used as synonymous. The former term is applied strictly to that which concerns all the citizens and every member of the state; while the latter includes a lesser, though still a large portion of the community. Greenl. Ev. Sec. 128. 3. When the public interests and its rights conflict with those of an individual, the latter must yield. Co. Litt. 181. if, for example, a road is required for public convenience, and in its course it passes on the ground occupied by a house, the latter must be torn down, however valuable it may be to the owner. In such a case both law and justice require that the owner shall be fully indemnified. 4. This term is sometimes joined to other terms, to designate those things which have a relation to the public; as, a public officer, a public road, a public passage, a public house. |
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