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Yet if many people follow this line of reasoning, and do not vote, a minority of the population can determine a country’s future, leaving a discontented majority.但如果很多人都按照这种推理方式不参与选举，那么少数人就可以决定国家的命运，而使绝大多数人对现状感到不满。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
We note with deep concern the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian conditions of Iraqi population due to sanctions.我们深为关切地注意到伊拉克严重的人道主义状况由于制裁而继续恶化。© 2000-2011年版权http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011© United Nations 2010http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011
Humanitarian aid and access to the population in need.人道主义援助和接触需要援助的人.© 2000-2011年版权http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011© United Nations 2010http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011
Human population has simply become too large to be able to afford it.人类人口数量已经太大，无法承受。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
From a model applicable to the minority of the world’s population, “Western consumer society” is becoming the dominant economic model of the world, one to which there is increasingly no alternative.“西方消费社会”已经从对世界人口少数人适用的一种模式转变为独霸全球的经济模 式。而且，这一模式越发没有可以替代的其他模式了。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
Not knowing where the enemy is hidden within the civilian population, security forces retaliate indiscriminately.在不知平民中哪些是隐藏敌人的情况下，保安部队会不加分辨地进行反击。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
Global demand for energy, raw materials, and food is increasingly influenced by rising demand in China and India, whose combined population is 2.5 billion.全球对于能源、原材料以及食品的需求日益受到中国和印度不断上升的需求的影响。这两个国家的人口总数是25亿。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
The Israeli population is genuinely concerned about security, as are the Palestinians, and the support of Israel’s political parties for negotiations depends upon security guarantees.以色列人与巴勒斯坦人一 样，真正关心的是安全问题，而他们支持以色列政党参与谈判的意愿取决于能否得到安全方面的保证。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
And Kosovo’s Albanian population is clamoring for independence, while Serbia tries to postpone a decision by blocking action in the Security Council.科索沃的阿尔巴尼亚族叫嚷着要独立，而塞尔维亚试图通过阻止安理会的行动来推迟作出决定。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
In 2007, by contrast – and this constitutes real progress – a large segment of the French population is expressing its frustration with the system by being tempted to vote for the “extreme center,” i.e., Bayrou.在2007年，与此相反，法国民众的很大一部分通过把票投给“极中间派”，也就贝鲁来表 达对体制的不满，而这就构成了切实的进步。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
According to recent polls, 80% of the population supports Poland’s membership in the EU – the highest in Europe.根据最近的民意调查，80%的公众支持波兰成为欧盟的成员国，这个比例在欧洲国家中是最高的。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009
By excluding the Slavs – who accounted for half the empire’s population – the Compromise was seen as a vehicle for German/Magyar domination.通过将占据帝国人口半数的斯拉夫人排除在外，该协议被看成是德国/马扎尔人夺取统治地位的工具。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
Only rarely do scenes of massive displacement of the civilian population make it onto our television screens, because, unlike bombs and suicide attacks, displacement does not generate the blood, fire, or screams that constitutes compelling footage.平民大规模流离失所的镜头很少出现在电视荧屏上，因为与炸弹和自杀式袭击不同，流离失 所不会带来鲜血、火焰或哀嚎等抓人眼球的画面。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009
Divide that total by the world’s population, thus calculating what each person’s share of the total is.• 用排放总量除以世界人口，从而计算出相应的人均份额。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010
The Sunnis, who comprise at most 20% of the population, are given the state office with the greatest executive power, that of prime minister.而仅占总人口20%的逊尼派穆斯林却被给予了拥有最高的国家行政权力的 首相职位。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
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Collocations
actual population
实际人口
population ageing
人口老化
population growth
人口增长
population policy
人口政策
population pyramid
人口金字塔
finite population
有限总体
rural population
农村人口
population explosion
人口爆炸
population explosion
人口激增
population census
人口普查
Conference on Population and Development
人口与发展会议
International Conference on Population and Development
国际人口与发展会议
Population Division
人口司
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
国际人口与发展会议行动纲领
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population
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| Common case | population | populations |
| Possessive case | population's | populations' |