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柯林斯词典

同根词

词根：Brit

• adj.

  Britannic 英国的；大不列颠的

• adv.

  Britishly 似英国人地

• n.

  Britain 英国；不列颠

  Brit 英国人

  Britannia 大不列颠岛的古罗马名字；大不列颠

  Briticism 英国腔；英国英语；英国英语语法

  Britisher 英国人

  Britishism 英国人的独特之处

  Briton 英国人；大不列颠人

  Britticization 不列颠化（等于Briticization）

同近义词

• adj.英国的；英国人的；大不列颠的

  Royal   /   English

• n.英国人

  English   /   Anglo

词组短语

1. BRITISH MUSEUM 大英博物馆 ; 不列颠博物馆 ; 博物馆

2. british virgin islands 英属维尔京群岛（英国在小安的列斯群岛最北部的殖民地，首府罗德城）

3. british isles 不列颠群岛

4. British English 英式英文

5. british columbia n. 不列颠哥伦比亚（省名，位于加拿大西部）

6. University of British Columbia 英属哥伦比亚大学 ; 不列颠哥伦比亚大学 ; 卑诗大学 ; 加拿大

7. British Library 大英图书馆 ; 图书馆 ; 不列颠图书馆 ; 英国国家图书馆

8. british telecom 英国电信公司

9. british airways 英国航空公司

10. british india 英属印度（原为印度的一部分，后分属印度和巴基斯坦）

11. british english 英国英语（英国说和写的英语，尤以之与美国英语相区别）

12. british commonwealth 英联邦

13. british open [高尔夫球]英国公开赛

14. British Shorthair 英国短毛猫 ; 等于不列颠短毛猫 ; 英国短毛

15. british empire 大英帝国

16. British Airways 英国航空 ; 英国航空公司 ; 航空公司 ; 英航

17. british north america 英属北美；英国保险公会北美洲保险区域

18. british west indies 英属西印度群岛

19. British Columbia 不列颠哥伦比亚 ; 不列颠哥伦比亚省 ; 卑诗省 ; 英属哥伦比亚省

20. british museum 不列颠博物馆

21. british person 英国人

22. british system 英制

23. british council n. 英国文化委员会

24. british broadcasting corporation 英国广播公司（BBC）

25. British Virgin Islands 英属维尔京群岛 ; 英属维京群岛 ; 维尔京群岛 ; 英属维尔京一群岛屿

26. British Council 英国文化协会 ; 英国文化委员会 ; 英国大使馆文化教育处 ; 英国文化教育协会

权威例句

1. They insist on tastier chocolate than the anaemic British stuff.

他们坚持要比淡而无味的英国货味道更好的巧克力。《柯林斯例句》

2. We definitely wanted to salvage some pride for British tennis.

我们当然想为英国网球挽回一些尊严。《柯林斯例句》

3. He seemed to believe that it was a peculiarly British problem.

他似乎相信那是英国独有的问题。《牛津词典》

4. Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.

廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。《牛津词典》

5. Immigrants have contributed to British culture in many ways.

移民在许多方面都对英国文化有所贡献。《牛津词典》

6. We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.

我们商店里卖的肉均从英国农场购进。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

7. British television is the envy of the world.

英国电视节目令世人羡慕。《牛津词典》

8. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。《柯林斯例句》

9. They still get treated differently from almost every other contemporary British band.

他们所得到的待遇仍然与当代几乎所有其他英国乐队都不同。《柯林斯例句》

10. I must admit to a prejudice in favour of British universities.

我得承认我对英国大学有所偏爱。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

11. He was once the great white hope of British boxing.

他一度曾是英国拳击的希望所在。《牛津词典》

12. She is British but also has German connections.

她是英国人，但也有德国亲戚。《牛津词典》

13. The gallery is given over to British art.

此陈列室专门用于陈列英国艺术品。《牛津词典》

14. His deeds went down in the annals of British history.

他的事迹已载入英国史册。《牛津词典》

15. The film was given a 15 rating by British censors.

英国审查员将这部电影定为15岁以上级。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

16. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。《柯林斯例句》

17. He was born in France but his parents are British.

他生在法国，但父母是英国人。《牛津词典》

18. Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale.

与美国不同，英国报刊都是行销全国的。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

19. British currency went metric in 1971.

英国的货币于1971年实行公制。《牛津词典》

20. It is interesting to contrast the British legal system with the American one.

把英国的法制与美国的加以对比很有意思。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

21. In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.

1942年6月,英国第八军全面撤退.《柯林斯例句》

22. For years the British film industry merely aped Hollywood.

多年来，英国电影业一味模仿好莱坞。《牛津词典》

23. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics.

约翰·梅杰已攀上了英国政界的顶峰。《柯林斯例句》

24. Only four British players have entered for the championship.

只有四名英国运动员报名参加锦标赛。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

25. She patronizes many contemporary British artists.

她赞助许多英国当代艺术家。《牛津词典》

26. The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers.

英国人以爱狗著称。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

27. After ten years I'm used to the strange British ways.

十年之后，我习惯了英国人的奇异习俗。《牛津词典》

28. They were fine specimens of British youth!

他们堪称英国青年的优秀代表！《牛津词典》

29. Of course, the British will suffer such daily stresses patiently.

当然，英国人将会耐心地承受这些日常压力。《柯林斯例句》

30. British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.

英国军队被派遣协助维持和平。《牛津词典》

31. The British have a very odd sense of humour.

英国人的幽默感很奇特。《牛津词典》

32. British schools are now required by law to publish their exam results.

现在英国的学校得按法律规定公布考试结果。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

33. The government aims to make British industry leaner and fitter.

政府旨在使英国的工业更加简而精。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

34. He's training the British Olympic swimming team.

他在训练英国的奥运游泳队。《牛津词典》

35. This is a European, and not a specifically British, problem.

这是全欧洲面临的问题，而不是英国独有的问题。《柯林斯例句》

36. The book was published in association with British Heritage.

这本书是与英国传统出版社联合出版的。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

37. Japanese production methods have been transplanted into some British factories.

日本的生产方法已被引进到一些英国的工厂。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

38. The British media is in the hands of clubby men.

英国媒体掌握在一群排外的人手中。《柯林斯例句》

39. He never won the British Grand Prix.

他从未在英国汽车拉力赛中取胜过。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

40. More British troops have been sent to the front.

更多的英国部队已派往前线。《牛津词典》

41. The British are said to love tradition.

据说英国人热爱传统。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

42. We were still in British waters.

我们仍在英国的领海上。《牛津词典》

43. The subject got a thorough airing in the British press.

这个问题在英国新闻界得到了充分讨论。《牛津词典》

44. British exports have been handicapped by the strong pound.

英镑坚挺影响了英国的出口。《牛津词典》

45. Many of the revellers are tourists and British day-trippers.

很多饮酒狂欢的人都是观光客和来一日游的英国旅客。《柯林斯例句》

46. The small British crowd roared themselves hoarse, waving their Union Jacks.

一小群英国人挥舞着国旗，吼得嗓子都沙哑了。《柯林斯例句》

47. A British woman was among the survivors.

幸存者中有一位英国妇女。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

48. The British government used its veto to block the proposal.

英国政府行使其否决权阻止了这项提案。《牛津词典》

49. Don't ask me ─ I'm not too hot on British history.

别问我——我不大了解英国历史。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

50. A team of British officials were sent as observers to the conference.

一组英国官员被派去做大会观察员。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

51. His accent was unmistakably British.

他明显地操英国口音。《牛津词典》

52. In 1914 the country became a British protectorate.

该国于1914年成为英国的保护国。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

53. American English is significantly different from British English.

美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

54. The country's parliament is modelled on the British system.

这个国家的议会是模仿英国的体制建立的。《牛津词典》

55. The men have been debriefed by British and Saudi officials.

这些人已经被英国和沙特阿拉伯的官员们查问过了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

56. The Right in British politics is represented by the Conservative Party.

英国政坛的右派是以保守党为代表的。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

57. British convicts were transported to Australia for life.

英国的囚犯被终生流放到澳大利亚。《牛津词典》

58. Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.

准确地说，早间电视节目于10年前进入英国人的生活。《柯林斯例句》

59. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.

加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。《柯林斯例句》

60. Many British birds winter in Africa.

许多英国的鸟在非洲过冬。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

61. Mr Olaechea has British residency by virtue of his marriage.

奥拉伊奇先生通过结婚而取得在英国的永久居留权。《柯林斯例句》

62. The British are often accused of being insular.

英国人常被指责为思想褊狭。《牛津词典》

实用例句

1. That border, excuse me, they are relics the British Empire are exiting in the minds of map-makers and politicians, not in the minds of people.

那个边境，不好意思，是大英帝国所建造的，只存在于,地图制造者和政治家的脑中，而人们并不认可它。国际座谈会课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课

2. In addition, News Corp. owns almost 40 percent of satellite broadcasters DIRECTV and British Sky Broadcasting.

NPR: Family Snubs News Corp. Bid for Dow Jones & Co.

3. British ships,with the help of planes launched from an aircraft carrier, destroyed a powerful German battleship, the Bismarck on May 27,1941.

VOA : special.2011.06.09

4. Another icon of British Bombay, the Norman-Gothic exterior covers a magical selection of stalls.

BBC: Mumbai in a day

5. And later still, during the War of 1812, the Americans defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain.

VOA : special.2009.01.05

6. The Irish Republican Army was founded in 1919 in the uprising against British rule in Ireland.

BBC: The IRA's history of splits

7. In 1981, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, married Diana Spencer at St.

CNN: Wednesday,

8. The British American School of Los Angeles is one of a few American private schools that teach the International Primary Curriculum.

VOA : special.2011.03.10

9. The fifty-nine year old Watson needed to make a short attempt on his final hole to win the British Open.

VOA : special.2009.08.01

10. They are the only major British book awards to include scholars and students on the judging panel.

BBC: From the section Scotland

11. Go long the British pound, the Norwegian krone or the Swedish krona, while shorting the euro.

FORBES: Euro Trashed

12. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello."

VOA : special.2010.05.23

13. British food is proverbially bad.

英国食物不好吃，这是大家都知道的。

14. Gianforte, founder and chief executive of RightNow, whose clients include John Deere and British Airways .

FORBES: The New Barbarians

15. The biggest physically is Dordogne, which has probably grown because so many British live there, something like 8,000 full-time residents.

最大的省应该是多尔多涅省,由于有英国人住在此地这里可能有所发展,大概有八千名英国常驻居民1871年后的法国课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

16. As he puts it, it would "make the British state work in Welsh interests".

BBC: Would a new law narrow the gap between rich and poor?

17. People tend to think that British people have posh English accents, especially compared to American English.

人们往往会想英国人有高雅的英式口音，特别是相对于美式英语而言。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 优雅的英式英语

18. And it's reason for British people to be excited when, you know, someone has a wedding,

当皇室举办婚礼的时候，英国人有了一个兴奋的理由，SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 皇室的绯闻

19. So most Australians talk with a fairly neutral accent which is quite similar to British.

所以大部分澳大利亚人说话带着非常中立的接近英音的口音。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 有趣的澳大利亚英语

20. This is not the case--well, before the British gave Hong Kong back, Hong Kong was a crown colony, it was British territory.

这和Apoikia不是一回事,例如英国归还香港之前,香港是英国的殖民地,是它的领土古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

21. British riders performed creditably.

英国骑手的表现可圈可点。

22. In a British media report Thursday, Siegel warned the group would probably have to impose compulsory layoffs.

FORBES: Hash Again At Eddington's BA And Gate Gourmet?

23. Historians say British mapmaker Bartholomew Gosnold first made a map of the island for the rulers of England in sixteen-oh-two.

VOA : special.2011.07.25

24. There the British argument is that they're looking after it better than those people will,

但是英国人反驳的理由是，比起那些人，他们能更好地照看它们，SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 世界的宝物都聚于此

25. And now, finally,the British, American, Canadian and other Allied forces felt strong enough to attack across the English Channel.

VOA : special.2011.06.16

26. Money, which had really not featured in the British demarcation of social class, became very important.

BBC: Class calculator: A US view of the class system

27. Anti-Catholicism is very much strongly entrenched in the British sense of who they were.

所以,反天主教的思想是根深蒂固的,广泛存在于英国的身份认同感里面的欧洲文明课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

28. At the time Scott headed research, and the British-born Whitfield ran a subsidiary of Invitron.

FORBES: Biology in silico

29. French troops in Canada built a fort to control passage to the lake as a defense against British troops moving north.

VOA : special.2009.01.05

30. Today, original (1215) copies are held by the British Library, Salisbury Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral.

UNESCO: UK celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta

31. The 41-strong British squad are making final preparations before the four-day event begins on Thursday.

BBC: SPORT | Other Sport | Davies leads British Euro squad

32. "I fought off attempts to undermine the British rebate and the rebate is safe, " he said.

BBC: EU leaders agree 3% budget cut deal in Brussels

33. "The working hours of British doctors should not be set in Brussels, " said Mr Cameron.

BBC: Cameron EU speech: Business leaders give mixed messages

34. Bangalore was a British cantonment.

班加罗尔曾是英国的永久兵站。

35. This conclusion flies in the face of current British government policy that does the opposite.

BBC: DNA and individual freedom v crime prevention

36. The British Medical Association (BMA) said the "important study" confirmed that passive smoking kills.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Cancer alert for smoking parents

37. The strong sterling means British buyers are crossing the channel in increasing numbers, Continental brokers say.

FORBES: What 1 Million Pounds Buys In Homes Around The World

38. The British Hudson's Bay Company also built a trading center on the Columbia and claimed a large area north of it.

VOA : special.2009.02.19

39. A newly reported British study suggests that taking another drug with a small amount of aspirin may help solve the problem.

VOA : special.2009.10.20

40. Last week, Bermuda and other British overseas territories with financial centres signed agreements on sharing tax information.

BBC: UK tax evasion action hunt identifies 100 individuals

41. After he'd published all of his major poems, he began publishing a spate of works that attempted to re-create British culture from the ground up.

在发表了他的所有主要诗作后，他开始大量发表其他著作,试图以这些作品完全重建英国文化。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

42. There is no risk to British taxpayers of seeing the IMF perform its proper role.

BBC: Eurozone crisis: Right to boost IMF funds, Cameron says

43. The American,British and French leaders announced that Iran has been secretly building a second enrichment center for several years.

VOA : special.2009.09.26

44. I said earlier that this is an old idea, I mean it goes back into the eighteenth you can find all kinds of examples of these stereotypical conceptions of the South in French, British visitors.

我之前说过这是一个陈旧的观点,这是十八世纪的观点,你能找到各种各样的例子,说明在法国,英国的游客心中,存在对于南方的偏见美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

45. In the beginning of the century where religious leaders, just because religious leaders had authority and where given control by the British.

在20世纪开始的时候，宗教领导，正是因为宗教领导有,权威，受到英国的控制。人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课

46. the hidebound British wine-trade

墨守成规的英国葡萄酒贸易

47. David Crystal is a British linguist who has written more than one hundred books, including the book "Language and the Internet."

VOA : special.2010.01.28

48. There are others apart from the British who insist the project needs far-reaching reform.

BBC: Europe's summer of argument

49. For this reason, British and American forces decided instead to attack the Italian and German troops occupying North Africa.

VOA : special.2011.06.02

50. I was in The British War Museum, the Imperial War Museum the other day, and I'd been there four or five times, and I went--and they have a thing where you can look up dead people.

我去过英国军事博物馆,有一天去帝国军事博物馆,我去过四五次了,我又去了,那有一个,东西你可以搜索阵亡人1871年后的法国课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

51. The proposed ban is being supported by ASH Scotland and the British Lung Foundation.

BBC: MSP wants ban on smoking in cars carrying children

52. This is a British term.

这是一个英国的术语。固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

53. London has become the first region where white British people have become a minority.

BBC: Census shows rise in foreign-born

54. Despite support from MPs, and the British embassy in Moscow, officials demanded extra payments and paperwork.

BBC: Customs row puts charity fire engine into reverse

55. But still, Northern Rock is in such trouble that in February of '08 -that's last month -the British Government nationalized Northern Rock.

008年2月北岩银行再次陷入危机,也就是上个月,英国政府将北岩银行国有化金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

56. In 2001, the census records that more than 80% of residents were white British.

BBC: Why have the white British left London?

57. This is questioned by the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, which represents some of the biggest companies.

BBC: NHS 'paid ?17 for gluten-free pizza base'

58. So there was Napoleon in the 1800s conquering Europe and being crowned emperor, being defeated by the British,being sent to exile on,was it Elba,right?

拿破仑在1800年代征服欧洲,被加冕为皇帝，被英军击败，然后被放逐于厄尔巴岛？死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

59. The point is that BAE's biggest customer is not the British government but the US government.

BBC: How Germany killed the merger of BAE and EADS

60. And later still, during the War of Eighteen Twelve, the Americans defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain.

VOA : special.2010.08.30

61. Since Mr Hamilton lost the seat his wife has, appropriately, published a book on Great British Battleaxes.

BBC: 'Invincible' Christine battles on

62. His most recent overseas trip was to visit British troops in Germany last May.

BBC: Duke of Edinburgh on three-day visit to Canada

63. British troops were pushed mindlessly forward.

英军盲目地受命向前推进。

64. They sought donations for a local madrassah project and a legitimate international development British charity, Muslim Aid.

BBC: The joker who wanted to be a bomber

65. And there is a bridge at the University of British Columbia that crosses a river that runs through campus and the rickety-- There's actually two bridges.

在英国伦敦剑桥大学有一座桥,横跨流经校园的一条河-,河上面，其实有两座桥。心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课