public意思

1. people in general considered as a whole;

   "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
   

2. a body of people sharing some common interest;

   "the reading public"
   

1. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole;

   "the public good"
   "public libraries"
   "public funds"
   "public parks"
   "a public scandal"
   "public gardens"
   "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
   

2. affecting the people or community as a whole;

   "community leaders"
   "community interests"
   "the public welfare"
   

1.平民；百姓；民众
You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, asthe public .

e.g. Lauderdale House is now open to thepublic...
劳德代尔艺术教育中心现已向公众开放。
e.g. Pure alcohol is not for sale to the generalpublic...
纯酒精不向大众出售。

2.志趣相投（或从事同一类活动、具有共同特征）的群体
You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind ofpublic .

e.g. Market research showed that 93% of the viewingpublic wanted a hit film channel.
市场调查表明93%的观众希望有一个播放热门影片的频道。
e.g. ...the American votingpublic.
美国选民

3.公众的；大众的
Public means relating to all the people in a country or community.

e.g. The President is attempting to drum uppublic support for his economic program.
总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。

4.的；国家的；公共事务的
Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state.

e.g. The social services account for a substantial part ofpublic spending.
社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。

5.公用的；公共的
Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use.

public

e.g. ...the New YorkPublic Library...
纽约公立图书馆
e.g. The new museum must be accessible bypublic transport.
新博物馆必须能乘坐公共交通工具到达。

6.（场所）公共的，公开的
Apublic place is one where people can go about freely and where you can easily be seen and heard.

e.g. ...the heavily congestedpublic areas of international airports...
国际机场人潮涌动的公共场所
e.g. I avoid working in places which are toopublic.
我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。

7.（人物或生活）公众的
If someone is apublic figure or inpublic life, many people know who they are because they are often mentioned in newspapers and on television.

e.g. The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday hit out atpublic figures who commit adultery...
昨天坎特伯雷大主教严厉抨击了几位与人通奸的公众人物。
e.g. I'd like to see more women inpublic life, especially Parliament.
我希望看到更多女性参与公众事务，尤其是能在议会中工作。

8.（声明、事件等）公开的，公之于众的
Public is used to describe statements, actions, and events that are made or done in such a way that any member of the public can see them or be aware of them.

e.g. The National Heritage Committee has conducted apublic inquiry to find the answer...
国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。
e.g. The comments were the ministry's first detailedpublic statement on the subject...
这些评论是该部委第一次就此事所作的详细公开声明。

9.公之于众的；公开的；人人皆知的
If a fact is madepublic or becomespublic, it becomes known to everyone rather than being kept secret.

e.g. Blair wants any new evidence on IRA pub bombs madepublic...
布莱尔希望将任何关于爱尔兰共和军制造的酒馆爆炸事件的新证据都公之于众。
e.g. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever becamepublic.
一旦披露出去，会让人非常尴尬。

10.出现在公众视线中；为公众熟知的；广为人知
If someone isin the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.

public是什么意思

e.g. One expects people in thepublic eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum...
人们期望公众人物的私生活能检点些。
e.g. He has kept his wife and daughter out of thepublic eye.
他一直让妻子和女儿远离公众视线。

11.上市；公开出售股份
If a companygoes public, it starts selling its shares on the stock exchange.

e.g. In 1951 AC wentpublic, having achieved an average annual profit of more than ?50,000.
AC公司于1951年上市，当时平均年利润为5万多英镑。

12.公开地；当众
If you say or do somethingin public, you say or do it when a group of people are present.

e.g. Bylaws are to make it illegal to smoke inpublic.
地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。

13. to wash your dirty linen inpublic -> see dirty

• public debt国债
• public enemy公敌
• public house酒吧
• public nuisance公害
• public opinion
• public opinion poll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

• A day of public rejoicing.

  出自：T. Hardy

• The expenditure of public money.

  出自：P. Worsthorne

1. public用作形容词时,基本意思是“公众的”,指存在或出现在众人面前的,引申还可表示“公共的”“公用的”,往往指由或地方提供的为全社会服务的,在句中常用作定语,有时也可用作表语。
2. public还可作“公开的”“当众的”解,指向众人公开或某事物众所周知。在句中常用作表语。
3. public无比较级和最高级。

1. public用作名词时表示“公众,民众”,是集合名词,常与定冠词the连用,有时也可加不定冠词,但一般不指具体的人,没有复数形式,与之连用的谓语动词或代词依侧重点不同可用单数形式或复数形式(视为整体时谓语动词用单数形式,指某些群众时谓语动词用复数形式),但在美式英语中只能用单数形式。
2. public可指某一方面的或某一部分的“大众”“群众”,尤指对某项活动有着共同兴趣的一批人,作此解时, public前可以加不定冠词,谓语动词一般用单数形式。
3. public前可以有名词所有格、物主代词等,可以用its或their等指代,译作“他们”。