native /ˈneɪtɪv/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. 出生并从小长大的 (国家或地方) [ADJ n]

  例：

  It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.

  这是1948年以来他首次访问祖国。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. 本国人; 本地人

  例：

  Dr. Aubin is a native of St. Louis.

  奥宾医生是圣路易斯人。

• 3. 

  ADJ Native is also an adjective. 本国的; 本地的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian.

  乔舒亚·哈尔彭是土生土长的北加州人。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Some European people use native to refer to a person living in a non-Western country who belongs to the race or tribe that the majority of people there belong to. This use could cause offence. 土著

  例：

  They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.

  他们用武力将土著人驱逐出更加肥沃的土地。

• 5. 

  ADJ Native is also an adjective. 土著的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion.

  土著人被允许保留一些自己的传统文化和宗教。

• 6. 

  ADJ Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child. 第一 (语言) [ADJ n]

  例：

  She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French.

  她不仅讲她的母语瑞典语，还讲英语和法语。

• 7. 

  ADJ Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there. 当地土生的 (动、植物) [ADJ n, v-link ADJ 'to' n]

  例：

  ...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines.

  …一个营造50英亩喀里多尼亚土生松林的项目。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Native is also a noun. 土生动植物

  例：

  The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.

  这棵椰子树是马来西亚的土生植物。