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The populace is the people of a country or city, thought of as a whole crowd rather than as names and faces. It is a formal, slightly word.
The populacepopulace is the people of a country or city指的是一個國家或城市的人民, thought of as a whole crowd rather than as names and faces是把大家當作一整群人來看，而不是個別的名字和面孔. It這 is a formal, slightly bookish word是一個正式、有點書面的字.
News and history writing use it; friends almost never say it over lunch. Population counts heads with numbers; populace paints the mass of ordinary residents.
News and history writing use it新聞和歷史寫作會用這個字; friends almost never say it over lunch朋友吃午餐聊天時幾乎不會這樣說. PopulationPopulation counts heads with numbers是用數字算人頭; populacepopulace paints the mass of ordinary residents則是描繪一般居民的整體樣貌.
If you mean “how many people live here,” population is the safer school word. Though actually, the word came into English with a rough edge: the Italian piece it grew from was a bit , closer to “the ” than to a polite “the public.” In careful English today it is usually cooler than that, but it can still sound as if you are looking at people from above.
If you mean "how many people live here,"如果你要說的是「這裡住了多少人」, population is the safer school wordpopulation是比較保險的學校用字. Though actually不過其實, the word came into English with a rough edge這個字剛進入英文的時候帶著一點粗魯的味道: the Italian piece it grew from was a bit scornful它源自的義大利文字根有點輕蔑, closer to "the rabble" than to a polite "the public."比較接近「烏合之眾」，而不是禮貌的「大眾」. In careful English today在今天講究用字的英文裡 it is usually cooler than that這個字通常沒那麼強烈了, but it can still sound as if you are looking at people from above但聽起來還是可能像是在居高臨下地看著人群.
組成From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio: popolo (“people”) plus a suffix that made it sound low or rough, from Latin populus.
同家族的字
- popularboth from Latin populus, the people
- populationsame Latin root populus
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。
populacenoun/ˈpɒpjʊləs/
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The common people of a nation.
- The populace despised their ignorant leader.
- Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
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The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
- Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
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。