喜樂美語
  1. 1a/ɔːˈstreɪljən/from Australia澳洲的

    Relating to Australia — its land, its people, its languages, or anything that comes from there or is done there.

    Australian 就是把一個地方指出來：澳洲。只要跟澳洲有關係，都可以用它。食物、動物、球隊、公司、法律、口音都行。它也可以指澳洲的語言，像 Australian languages。它是國名 Australia 加上 -an 變來的。-an 這個字尾在 Italian、Korean 裡做的是同一件事。開頭的 A 要大寫，因為國名本來就大寫。它一般不用 more／most 來比較。

    示範例句 · Example

    We joined a walking tour run by a small Australian company.

    中文翻譯我們參加了一個由一家小的澳洲公司經營的步行導覽。

    Australian points at one place: Australia. Use it for anything that belongs to that country — food, animals, money, teams, laws, accents, companies. It also covers the languages of Australia, as in Australian languages. It is built from the country name plus the ending -an, the same ending you see in Italian and Korean. Keep the capital A, because the country name keeps its capital. The adjective does not take more or most: you say very Australian, not more Australian.

    常見搭配

    • Australian English

      澳洲英語

      the kind of English spoken in Australia

      Australian English has many words you will not hear in New York.

    • an Australian accent

      澳洲口音

      the way people from Australia sound when they speak

      You can hear a light Australian accent when she says no.

    • Australian languages

      澳洲原住民語言

      the languages spoken by the Aboriginal peoples of Australia

      The museum has recordings of several Australian languages.

    • the Australian government

      澳洲政府

      the government of Australia

      The Australian government changed the visa rules last year.

    用法接近

    AustraliaAussieCanadianItalian

  2. 2n/ɔːˈstreɪljən/Australian person澳洲人

    A person from Australia, usually someone who lives there or holds Australian citizenship.

    這是名詞的用法：一個來自澳洲的人。英文裡同一個字兼做形容詞和名詞，Canadian、Italian 也是這樣。複數是 Australians。要說一個人的時候前面要加 an：an Australian。she is Australian 用的是形容詞，she is an Australian 用的是名詞，兩種都對。學生最常漏掉的就是那個 an。

    This is the noun. One word does both jobs, the same way Canadian and Italian do. The plural is Australians: two Australians, the Australians, many Australians. Both of these are normal English, and they say slightly different things in shape only: she is Australian uses the adjective, and she is an Australian uses the noun. Remember the a or an in front when you use the noun for one person.

    常見搭配

    • an Australian

      一個澳洲人

      one person from Australia

      My boss is an Australian.

    • young Australians

      澳洲的年輕人

      Australian people who are young, talked about as a group

      Young Australians often take a year off before university.

    意思相近

    Aussie

    用法接近

    CanadianItalianNew Zealander