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    Nigerian is the ordinary word for a person from Nigeria, and also for things that belong to that country: Nigerian food, Nigerian music, a Nigerian passport. You can say “She is Nigerian” or “He is a Nigerian”; both are normal and polite. There is nothing rude about this word.

    Nigerian Nigerian是 is一般用來說 the ordinary word for a person from Nigeria來自奈及利亞的人,and也用於 also for things that belong to that country屬於那個國家的東西:Nigerian food奈及利亞食物、Nigerian music奈及利亞音樂、a Nigerian passport奈及利亞護照。You你 can say可以說 "She is Nigerian"「她是奈及利亞人」 or或 "He is a Nigerian"「他是一個奈及利亞人」;both兩種說法 are都是 normal and polite正常又有禮貌的。There is沒有 nothing rude about this word這個字沒有什麼不禮貌的地方。

    Nigeria itself is the country — a large oil-producing state in West Africa, east of Benin and west of Cameroon, independent from Britain since 1960, with as capital and Lagos as the huge coastal city. Because so many ethnic groups live there, “Nigerian” names the country they share, not one single culture or religion.

    Nigeria奈及利亞 itself本身 is是 the country這個國家——a large oil-producing state一個產油大國 in West Africa在西非,east of Benin在貝南以東 and west of Cameroon喀麥隆以西,independent from Britain since 1960自1960年脫離英國獨立,with Abuja as capital首都是阿布加 and Lagos as the huge coastal city拉哥斯則是那座巨大的海岸城市。Because因為 so many ethnic groups那裡住著很多不同的族群 live there,"Nigerian"「Nigerian」這個字 names指的是 the country they share他們共同擁有的這個國家,not而不是 one single culture or religion單一的文化或宗教。

    Use it for people and for anything tied to the place; do not use it as if it were the place-name.

    Use它 it for people and for anything tied to the place用在人身上,也用在跟這個地方有關的任何東西上;do not不要 use it as if it were the place-name把它當成地名來用。

    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From Nigeria + -an, the ending that turns a place into a person or an adjective.

同家族的字

  • Nigeriathe country; Nigerian is simply Nigeria plus -an

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。

Nigeriannoun/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/

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    A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.

    • For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.
    • 'No meat!' The Nigerian, who grew up knowing that ponmo or cowskin was popular on the menu list back home, heard the Chadians carry on, and pretending there was nothing scary about the promotion of ponmo as a national delicacy, replied suavely, 'Meat certainly is not all a man lives for, or is it, gentlemen?'

Nigerianadj/naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/

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    Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.

    • There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.
    • One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger.

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