public

复数：publics

1. 公众的 of or for, or concerning people in general
2. 公共的,公用的 for the use of everyone, not private
3. [P]公开的,当众的 (able to be) known to all or to many, not secret

1. [S]公众,大众,民众 people in general
2. [S]某一方面的大众 any group considered in terms of its relation to a particular person, activity, etc.

• public debt国债
• public enemy公敌
• public house酒吧
• public nuisance公害
• public opinion舆论
• public opinion poll民意测验
• public relations公共关系
• public school公立学校
• public servant公务员,公仆
• public service公共服务
• public speaking演讲
• public spirit为公众服务之精神
• public utility公共设施
• public works公共建设,公共工程

• appeal to the public向公众呼吁
• benefit the public使公众受益
• cajole the public哄骗公众
• educate the public教育民众
• enlighten the public教育民众
• exploit the public剥削民众
• fool the public愚弄民众
• mislead the public误导民众
• serve the public为大众服务
• speak in public公开演讲
• win one's public赢得听众〔读者〕

• buying public消费阶层
• charitable public慈善界
• discerning public有辨别能力的公众
• general public一般公众
• Great British public英国民众
• inquisitive public好奇的人们
• musical public音乐爱好者
• reading public广大读者
• theatregoing public经常看舞台剧的观众
• traveling public广大旅客

• sport public运动界
• student public广大学生
• television public电视观众

• appear before the public出现在公众面前
• in public公开地,当众
• a large section of the public大部分的公众

in public adv. 公开地，当众

public health n. 公共卫生；公共卫生设施

public security公共安全

public opinion民意；公众舆论

public service公共服务，公益服务；公用设施

public interest公共利益

general public公众

public policy国家政策

public transportation公共交通，公共运输；公共交通工具

public transport公交车

public administration公共行政；公共管理；行政管理

public bidding公开投标

public library公共图书馆；公立图书馆

public finance财政学

public welfare公共福利，公用福利设施；社会福利

invite public bidding（公开）招标

public space公共空间；银行营业厅

public order公共秩序；社会治安

public housing公共住房，政府为低收入者所建的住房

public sector国营部门经济；政府资助的企事业；社会经济的公有部份

1. Changing public perception may take some time.
   改变公众的看法需要一些时间。
2. The pension fund owns shares in several major public companies.
   该养老基金在几家主要出售股份给公众的公司中均有股份。
3. The government decided to promote public welfare.
   政府决定发展公共福利。
4. The town has its own public library and public gardens.
   那城市有自己的公用图书馆和公园。
5. She decided to make her views public.
   她决定把自己的观点公开。

1. The area has been fenced from the public.
   该地区为防止民众进出而围起来。
2. The leader rarely shows herself in public.
   这位领导她很少在公众场合露面。
3. The town gardens are open to the public from sunrise to the sunset daily.
   市立公园每天从早到晚对公众开放。
4. This kind of programme always satisfied the public.
   这类节目总能令大众满意。