| 释义 | 
		populace美 ['pɑpjələs]  英 ['pɒpjʊləs]  n. public,population,general public,common people,masses 1.  | 平民百姓;民众all the ordinary people of a particular country or area  |  
  | He had the support of large sections of the local populace. 他受到当地大部分百姓的拥护。  |   | The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change. 民众普遍反对突然的改变。  |  
 n.  | 1. the inhabitants of a town, region, or other area 2. ordinary people, as distinct from the political elite or the aristocracy 3. the people who live in a particular country or area  |  
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