a colonial
指来自殖民地的人；也可指殖民地发行的硬币或邮票。
He was a colonial, born in Jamaica when it was a British colony.
他是一个殖民地居民，出生在牙买加还是英国殖民地的时候。
殖民地居民；被殖民国家的人
colonials — plural of colonial
殖民地发行的硬币或邮票；来自受他国控制或曾受其控制国家的人；殖民的；殖民地的
a person from or resident of a colony
来自受他国控制或曾受其控制国家的人
A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
殖民地居民
a resident of a colony
殖民地发行的硬币或邮票
A coin or postage stamp issued by a colony.
Many colonials fought alongside British troops during the war.
许多殖民地居民在战争期间与英国军队并肩作战。
用法提示：colonial 用复数形式 colonials 指殖民地居民。
The museum's portrait shows a proud colonial in his best clothes.
博物馆的画像展示了一位身着盛装、自豪的殖民地居民。
用法提示：colonial 作为单数名词指一个殖民地居民。
I only need one more colonial to complete my collection of old coins.
我只差一枚殖民地硬币就能凑齐我的古币收藏。
用法提示：colonial 在此指殖民地发行的硬币。
指来自殖民地的人；也可指殖民地发行的硬币或邮票。
He was a colonial, born in Jamaica when it was a British colony.
他是一个殖民地居民，出生在牙买加还是英国殖民地的时候。
特指某一群殖民地居民。
The colonials were unhappy with the new taxes imposed by the British.
那些殖民地居民对英国征收的新税感到不满。
泛指殖民地居民，前面通常不加冠词。
Colonials often had to obey laws made in a distant capital.
殖民地居民常常不得不遵守遥远首都制定的法律。
grammar · medium
易错句子India was a British colonial for nearly two hundred years.
正确表达India was a British colony for nearly two hundred years.
colonial 作名词只指“殖民地居民”或“殖民地发行的硬币、邮票”，不能指被别国控制的那片“殖民地”领土。一个中文词“殖民地”对应英文两个词，学习者容易把 colonial 当成“殖民地”来指地方；表示领土必须用 colony。
grammar · medium
易错句子The colonial were angry about the new tax.
正确表达The colonials were angry about the new tax.
colonial 作名词是可数名词，指“殖民地居民”时表示一群人要加复数词尾 -s，写成 the colonials。中文名词本身不标单复数，学习者容易漏掉 -s，结果把单数形式当成复数用，句子在语法上就不成立了。
殖民地居民（尤指历史语境中的北美殖民地居民）
The colonials grew restless under the new taxes.
殖民地居民对新的税收越来越不满。
美洲殖民地居民
American colonials fought for independence from Britain.
美洲殖民地居民为脱离英国争取独立而战。
英国殖民地居民
British colonials in India ran much of the local administration.
在印度的英国殖民地居民掌管了当地大部分行政事务。
欧洲殖民地居民
European colonials settled along the coast of the new territory.
欧洲殖民地居民在新领土的沿海一带定居。
富有的殖民地居民
Wealthy colonials built grand houses in the hills.
富有的殖民地居民在山间建起了豪华宅邸。
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