词汇 | northerner |
释义 | northerner noun[ C ] (alsoNortherner)uk /ˈnɔː.ðən.ər/ us /ˈnɔːr.ðɚ.nɚ/ a person who comes from the north of a country: 北方人 He lives in the south now, but his family are all northerners.他现在住在南方,但是他的家人都是北方人。 Towns & regions: parts of countries at local/national levelphrase bicoastal blue zone Breton city state countywide easterner green belt interterritorial metropolitan borough metropolitan county multi-county non-county northwest province sector southerner super-regional territory westerner northerner | American Dictionarynortherner noun[ C ] us/ˈnɔr·ðər·nər/ a person from the northern part of a country, or (in the US) a person from the part of the country in the north and east Examples of northernernortherner Because of their relative economic power, northerners were perceived not only as beneficiaries of the federal government, but also as agents of oppression. Over 80% of southerners responded to this provocation with anger toward the provocateur, in contrast with less than 40% of northerners. After this provocation, when presented with a hypothetical scenario depicting insult, 75% of southerners answered with an aggressive response, in contrast with 41% of northerners. Beyond documenting information for outside uses, northerners are increasingly finding motivation to record indigenous knowledge for local purposes. These early atlases proved the extent of northerners' knowledge and use of the land, and made that knowledge available for decisions about new political boundaries. Increasingly, northerners viewed the state as dominated by ethnic groups from the south - particularly, the police and military. While northerners in the regime have refuted allegations of marginalisation, those who are not in government are leading the opposition. Even failed attempts for freedom reminded white northerners what a great system of governance theirs was. A leading story line was that all northerners are 'in principle' alike, living under the same climatic conditions and sharing the same sense of distance to national centres. In comparison to books, atlases pose relatively little concern with respect to literacy, as maps may be understood by both northerners and southerners, although not necessarily in the same way. In his view the spirit of patriotism of the northerners was no less than that of the southerners, but because they lacked organisation, their strength was divided. War and emancipation preempted the slavery debates and, for antislavery northerners, attested to the reality and the speed of moral progress. What motive did the southerners have for insisting on "burdening" (as several northerners put it) direct election with the "race rider" (as some northerners came to call it)? Many northerners would welcome more control over their own affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not speak with any prejudice against northerners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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