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    A Liberian is a person from Liberia, the country on the west coast of Africa next to Sierra Leone, with its capital at . Used as a describing word, Liberian means “of that country”: Liberian food, the Liberian flag, a Liberian passport.

    A Liberian賴比瑞亞人 is是指 a person from Liberia,來自賴比瑞亞的人, the country on the west coast of Africa那是一個在非洲西岸的國家 next to Sierra Leone,緊鄰獅子山, with its capital at Monrovia.首都是蒙羅維亞。Used as a describing word,當形容詞用的時候, Liberian Liberian賴比瑞亞的 means "of that country":意思是「那個國家的」: Liberian food,賴比瑞亞的食物、 the Liberian flag,賴比瑞亞國旗、 a Liberian passport.賴比瑞亞護照。

    English is the official language there, but Liberian English has its own sound and words; it is not the English most students learn in school.

    English is the official language there,英文是當地的官方語言, but Liberian English但賴比瑞亞式英文 has its own sound and words;有自己的腔調和用詞; it is not the English most Taiwanese students learn in school.不是大多數台灣學生在學校學的那種英文。

    The word is the country name Liberia plus -an, the usual ending that means “from that place” (American, Korean, Ghanaian work the same way). It always takes a capital L, because it comes from a country name.

    The word is這個字是 the country name Liberia國名Liberia plus -an,加上-an, the usual ending that means "from that place"這個常見的字尾意思是「從那個地方來的」 (American, Korean, Ghanaian work the same way).American、Korean、Ghanaian也是用同樣的方式。It always takes a capital L,它一定要用大寫的L, because it comes from a country name.因為它是從一個國名來的。

    Though actually, like many such words, it does two jobs at once: the person, and the “from there” describing word. You will see it in news, sports teams, and talk about people and culture — not as a name for the country itself.

    Though actually,不過其實, like many such words,像很多這種字一樣, it does two jobs at once:它同時身兼兩個角色: the person,指人的名詞, and the "from there" describing word.以及「從那裡來的」形容詞。You will see it你會在 in news, sports teams, and talk about people and culture新聞、運動隊伍,以及談論人和文化時看到它 — not as a name for the country itself.——但不會用來當作那個國家本身的名字。

    The country is Liberia; the people and the describing word are Liberian.

    The country is Liberia;國家名稱是Liberia賴比瑞亞; the people and the describing word are Liberian.而人和形容詞則是Liberian賴比瑞亞人/賴比瑞亞的。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成Liberia + -an (“from that place”). Liberia itself is from Latin līber, “free,” plus -ia, “place.”

同家族的字

  • Liberiathe country the word is built from
  • libertyLiberia was named from Latin līber, “free,” the same root as liberty

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。

Liberiannoun/ˌlaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ɘn/

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    A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent.

    • Several Liberians voiced their offense over Trump’s comment to Boakai, given the US president’s past remarks on African countries and the colonial legacy left by the US organization in Liberia.

Liberianadj/ˌlaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ɘn/

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    Of, from, or pertaining to Liberia or the Liberian people.

    • “I felt insulted because our country is an English-speaking country,” Archie Tamel Harris, a Liberian youth advocate, told CNN.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。