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A compatriot is someone born in, or a citizen of, the same country as you. If you are from Taiwan and you meet another person in London, that person is your compatriot. It is a bit formal — news, sports reports, and speeches like it; friends would more often say someone from my country or a fellow . Though actually, the word is about the shared country, not about friendship or pride: two people from the same place can still be strangers, or even opponents, and they are still compatriots. It does not mean they love the country (that is patriot).
同胞
組成Borrowed from French compatriote, from Latin compatriota. By the look of the English word, com- (together / the same) + patriot. English used to have its own word for this; this French-Latin one took its place.
同家族的字
- patriotthe second piece: a patriot loves their country; a compatriot simply shares it with you
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
compatriotnoun/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/
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Somebody from one's own country.
- And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabled their parents to become dominant over their compatriots.
- the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
compatriotadj/kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/
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Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.
- She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。