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    Tunis is the capital city of Tunisia, a country on the north coast of Africa. It sits in the northeast of the country, right by the Mediterranean Sea, and it is by far the biggest city there — the place where the government sits and where most business happens.

    Tunis is the capital city of TunisiaTunis是Tunisia的首都, a country on the north coast of Africa這個國家位在非洲北岸。It sits in the northeast of the country它位在國家的東北部, right by the Mediterranean Sea就在地中海邊, and it is by far the biggest city there而且是那裡遠遠最大的城市 — the place where the government sits and where most business happens政府所在地，也是大部分商業活動發生的地方

    Two things people usually connect with it. One is the old centre, called the , a maze of narrow streets and markets that is hundreds of years old. The other is : the famous ancient city that fought long wars against Rome stood just outside modern Tunis, and its ruins are there today, close enough to visit in an afternoon. So when a history book says '', the place it means is now a suburb of Tunis.

    Two things people usually connect with it人們通常會聯想到兩件事。One is the old walled centre, called the medina一個是舊城牆內、叫做medina的老城區, a maze of narrow streets and markets that is hundreds of years old是一個有好幾百年歷史、街道狹窄、市集錯綜複雜的地方。The other is Carthage另一個是Carthage（迦太基）: the famous ancient city that fought long wars against Rome stood just outside modern Tunis那座曾經跟羅馬打過長期戰爭的著名古城，就座落在現代Tunis的外圍, and its ruins are there today, close enough to visit in an afternoon它的遺跡到今天都還在，一個下午就能去參觀。So when a history book says 'Carthage'所以當歷史書提到'Carthage'時, the place it means is now a suburb of Tunis它指的地方現在其實是Tunis的一個郊區

    Always a capital letter, and no 'the' — you say 'in Tunis', 'to Tunis', the way you say 'in Taipei'. Note the two words look almost the same: Tunis is the city, Tunisia is the country around it.

    Always a capital letter永遠要大寫, and no 'the'而且前面不加'the' — you say 'in Tunis', 'to Tunis'你會說'in Tunis'、'to Tunis', the way you say 'in Taipei'就像你說'in Taipei'一樣。Note the two words look almost the same要注意這兩個字看起來幾乎一樣: Tunis is the city, Tunisia is the country around itTunis是城市，Tunisia是周圍的那個國家

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    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 Arabic تُونِس (tūnis). Where that name itself came from is not settled — some scholars link it to a Berber root meaning 'to lie down' or 'to spend the night', so 'a camp'; others link it to Tanit, a goddess of ancient Carthage. Both are guesses.

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  • Tunisiathe country name is built on the city name Tunis plus the ending -ia, which English uses to make country names
  • TunisianTunisia plus -an, the ending that turns a place into a person from there, or into a describing word

原始詞典資料6 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。

Tunisname/ˈtjuːnɪs/

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    A city on the northern coast of Africa

    • Some of the citizens of Tunis have certaine fields in the suburbs walled round about, where they sowe some quantitie of barley and of other corne: howbeit the soyle is marveluellous dry, and standeth in need of much watring
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    A city on the northern coast of Africa:

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    A city on the northern coast of Africa:

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    A city on the northern coast of Africa:

    • Tunis, the capital of the above country, with a citadel of eminence, and the fortress of Goletta on the side of a canal, which is the greatest naval and military depot belonging to the bey.
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    A city on the northern coast of Africa:

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    A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

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。