拳拳赤子心：national的用法

I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them.

——George Walton Lucas Jr

我非常關心我國遺產，也很注意那些我年輕的時候看過的電影有沒有被好好的保護起來，這樣我的孩子們就也能看到了。

——喬治·盧卡斯

一、下面我們來看看national有幾種含義

adj.

1.國家的；全國的 of or relating to a nation

Ruling parties have lost ground in national and local elections.

執政黨在全國和地區選舉中均敗北。

2.國民的；民族的 connected with a particular nation; shared by a whole nation

Baseball is the national pastime.

棒球是全民性的休閒運動。

3.國有的，國立的 owned, controlled or paid for by the government

Some officials fear this would harm the national economy.

一些官員擔憂，以上措施將對國有經濟產生不良影響。

n.

國民 [C] a citizen of a particular country

He's a Sri-Lankan-born British national.

他是個出生於斯裏蘭卡的英國國民。

二、含有national的常見短語

national anthem

n.國歌

national holiday

n. 國定假日

national income

國民收入

national flag

n.國旗

national capital

民族資本

三、你學會national的用法了嗎？來做個填詞遊戲吧

Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the ___ economy.

工業和農業是國民經濟的兩個重要部門。