1570s, from Middle French populace (16c.), from Italian popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from Latin populus "people;" see people (n.)) + pejorative suffix -accio.
雙語例句
1. He had the support of large sections of the local populace.
他受到當地大部分百姓的擁護。
來自《權威詞典》
2. Many of the city's populace travel to work by subway or bus.
許多城市的平民都是坐地鐵或公共汽車上下班.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace.
作為報復, 查理六世派軍討伐布列塔尼, 奸淫殺戮平民.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. But the old man quietly faced the menacing populace.
只見老人面對著殺氣騰騰的群眾,神色從容.
來自名作英譯部分
5. They represented only a fraction of the general populace.