multitudes

英 [ˈmʌltɪtjuːdz]

美 [ˈmʌltəˌtjudz]

n.  众多; 大量; 群众; 大批百姓; 民众; 人群
multitude的复数

柯林斯词典

• QUANT 许多;大量;大批;大群
  Amultitude ofthings or people is a very large number of them.
  1. There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...
     有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。
  2. Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.
     毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。
• N-COUNT 一大群人;人群
  You can refer to a very large number of people as amultitude.
  1. ...surrounded by a noisy multitude.
     被喧闹的人群围着
  2. ...the multitudes that throng around the Pope.
     围在主教周围的人群
• N-COUNT-COLL 民众；大众；群众
  You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation asthe multitudeorthe multitudes.
  1. The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude...
     向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。
  2. It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way.
     我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。

双语例句

• Multitudes of believers and church workers in China face exorbitant medical costs which they cannot pay.
  许多中国信徒和传道人都无法负担高昂的医疗费用。
• But why does there have to be just one social network, one platform, when we contain multitudes?
  但是当我们包容万物时，为什么只能有一个社交网络，一个平台呢？
• She creates visual and conceptual tension and depth in the multitudes of layers.
  她在众多而复杂的层次中创造出视觉和思维的张力和深度。
• Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying esp. grass and grain.
  夜蛾的幼虫，成大群行动，特别破坏草地和谷类。
• And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  前行后随的众人，喊着说，和散那归于大卫的子孙，（和散那原有求救的意思，在此乃称颂的话）奉主名来的，是应当称颂的。高高在上和散那。
• There are multitudes of islands in the Pacific.
  太平洋中有无数岛屿。
• Now that their leader was removed, the preachers labored with even greater zeal than before, and multitudes flocked to listen to their teachings.
  他们的夫子既已去世，这些传道人就比以前更加殷勤作工了，也有成群的人蜂拥来听他们的教训。
• Multitudes of bees used to bury themselves in the yellow blossoms of the summer squashes.
  在夏天，成群结队的蜜蜂则喜欢一头扎进黄色的南瓜花里。
• My parents were furious and panicky. I saw in their faces multitudes of emotions.
  父母两人都焦急万分，他们的脸上布满了焦虑。
• There were bugs in the place, and multitudes of fleas, though the poor woman did the best she could.
  有错误的地方，并与众多的跳蚤，但这个可怜的女人没有她的最好。