Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #5673
nationality
国籍
The legal status of belonging to a particular country, by birth or naturalization.
常指法律上的国籍；与ethnicity（族裔）不同。
- 1.
Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
因出身、出生、入籍、所有权、效忠等而属于某国或某州的合法身份。
- 2.
people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
具有共同起源或传统的人,通常组成一个国家
- 3.
A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
共享共同起源、文化或语言,可能构成民族国家的人群。
- 4.
the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
通过出生或归化属于特定国家的身份
民族；因出身、出生、入籍、所有权、效忠等而属于某国或某州的合法身份。；具有共同起源或传统的人,通常组成一个国家；共享共同起源、文化或语言,可能构成民族国家的人群。；通过出生或归化属于特定国家的身份
In use
Please state your nationality on the application form.
She holds dual nationality because her parents are from different countries.
The survey asks about the nationality of each participant.
immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out
such images define their sense of nationality
have + (adjective) nationality
表示拥有某国国籍。
She has dual nationality.
她有双重国籍。
What nationality + be + subject?
询问国籍的常见句型。
Connections
Collocations
- dual nationality
- 双重国籍
- She holds dual nationality of Canada and France.她持有加拿大和法国双重国籍。
- change nationality
- 改变国籍
- It is difficult to change nationality in some countries.在一些国家改变国籍很困难。
- acquire nationality
- 获得国籍
- He acquired nationality through naturalization.他通过归化获得了国籍。
- nationality law
- 国籍法
- Nationality law varies from country to country.国籍法因国家而异。
- nationality discrimination
- 国籍歧视
- The company was accused of nationality discrimination.该公司被指控存在国籍歧视。
- multiple nationalities
Learner notes
Memory Tip
nation（国家）加上 ity 就是你的国籍。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或官方场合，如填写表格、法律文件等，也常见于日常对话中询问或说明国籍。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end with '-ality' and share a similar pronunciation pattern with 'nationality'. The stressed vowel is /æ/ followed by /lɪti/. Note that while 'national' also starts similarly, its ending '-al' is pronounced /əl/, not /ælɪti/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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