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resident

noun
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🔊/ˈrezɪdənt/
🔊/ˈrezɪdənt/
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  1.  
     a person who lives in a particular place or who has their home there居民；住户
    • a resident of the United States美国的居民
    • The proposals sparked concern among local residents.这些提议引起了当地居民的关注。
    see also permanent resident
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    • There were confrontations between local residents and the police.当地居民和警察之间有过冲突。🔊🔊
    • The factory has been a source of annoyance to nearby residents for over 30 years.30多年来，工厂一直是附近居民烦恼的源头。
    • The local residents formed a committee to oppose the dump.当地居民组成了反对垃圾场的委员会。
    • The volcano had previously erupted within the living memory of some of the older residents of the village.火山曾在该村一些年长居民的记忆中爆发。
    • As usual, all residents of the village are welcome to attend the meeting.与往常一样，欢迎该村所有居民参加会议。
    • Hundreds of residents have signed a petition against the airport extension.数百名居民已签署反对机场扩建的请愿书。
    • Japan has more than 1.1 million registered foreign residents.在日本登记的外国居民超过110万人。
    • Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.将优先考虑加拿大公民和加拿大永久居民。
    • The development will provide jobs for disadvantaged inner city residents.该开发项目将为处于不利地位的内城区居民提供就业机会。
    • There were angry complaints from nearby residents about the noise.附近居民对噪音提出了愤怒的抱怨。
    • We interviewed 400 residents of York about the quality of public services.我们就公共服务的质量采访了约克的400名居民。
  2. (formal) a person who is staying in a hotel（旅馆的）住宿者，旅客，房客
    • The hotel restaurant is open to non-residents.旅店的餐馆对外开放。🔊🔊
    Topics Holidaysb2
  3. a doctor working in a hospital in the US who is receiving special advanced training（美国的）高级专科住院实习医生 compare registrarTopics Medicinec2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin resident- ‘remaining’, from the verb residere ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + sedere ‘sit’.

resident

adjective
 
🔊/ˈrezɪdənt/
🔊/ˈrezɪdənt/
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  1. living in a particular place（在某地）居住的
    • the town’s resident population (= not tourists or visitors)镇上的居民
    • to be resident abroad/in the UK常驻国外／英国
    • Tom's our resident expert (= our own expert) on foreign movies.汤姆可是我们的外国电影专家。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryResident is used with these nouns:
    • alien
    • fellow
    • physician
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin resident- ‘remaining’, from the verb residere ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + sedere ‘sit’.