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Picture drawing one ring around a whole country and everyone and everything inside it. 'National' means 'of that whole nation' — it can stress the size (covering the entire country, not just one town), the identity (belonging to this particular country as opposed to others), or the ownership (run by the country's government). The noun then names a single person who belongs inside that ring: a citizen of that nation.
可以想成在一整個國家、連同裡面所有人事物的外圍畫一個圈。national 就是「屬於這整個國家的」——可以強調範圍（…更多收起
可以想成在一整個國家、連同裡面所有人事物的外圍畫一個圈。national 就是「屬於這整個國家的」——可以強調範圍（涵蓋全國，而不只是一個城鎮）、強調身分（屬於這個特定國家、有別於別國），或強調歸屬（由這個國家的政府經營）。名詞則指圈裡的一個人：這個國家的一名公民。原始詞典資料9 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。
Nationalnoun
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governmentpoliticsA member of the National Party
nationaladj/ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/
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Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation; the state.
- a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
- Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.
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Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
- this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French
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archaicNationalistic; patriotic.
- ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’
nationalnoun/ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/
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A subject of a nation.
- The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.
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A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
- After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.
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journalismmediaA national newspaper.
- I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals
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lawSomebody born under the authority of a given country.
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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。