交通
B：You’re (doing your part for/ helping/ helping out) the environment by using public transportation, too.
你使用公交車也在為環境（盡一點自己的力量/做點貢獻/做些貢獻）。
A：True.
那倒是。
Apply for a school-（申請學校）
A：I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.
我在考慮申請哪一所學校。
B：Are you thinking about a public school or a private one?
是上公立學校還是私立學校？
A：I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?
我也不知道。有什麼區別？
B：Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.
公立學校通常是州政府投資辦學，而私立學校通常是通過其他方式籌集資金。
A：Which is better?
那麼哪一個更好呢？
B：One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.
不是一所就比另外一所好。這跟學校的管理和師資有很大關係。
A：I hear you have to wear unifomp3s at private schools.
我聽説私立學校要穿校服。
B：Yeah, sometimes.
是，有時候是這樣。
1、平民；百姓；民眾
You can refer to people in general, or to all the people in a particular country or community, as the public 。
e.g. Lauderdale House is now open to the public.。.
勞德代爾藝術教育中心現已向公眾開放。
e.g. Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public.。.
純酒精不向大眾出售。
2、志趣相投（或從事同一類活動、具有共同特徵）的羣體
You can refer to a set of people in a country who share a common interest, activity, or characteristic as a particular kind of public 。
e.g. Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.
市場調查表明93%的觀眾希望有一個播放熱門影片的頻道。
e.g. 。.。the American voting public.
美國選民
3、公眾的'；大眾的
Public means relating to all the people in a country or community.
e.g. The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
總統正竭力爭取公眾對他的經濟計劃予以支持。
4、政府的；國家的；公共事務的
Public means relating to the government or state, or things that are done for the people by the state.
e.g. The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
社會福利事業佔了一大部分的公共支出。
5、公用的；公共的
Public buildings and services are provided for everyone to use.
e.g. 。.。the New York Public Library.。.
紐約公立圖書館
e.g. The new museum must be accessible by public transport.
新博物館必須能乘坐公共交通工具到達。
英 [ˈpʌblɪk] 美 [ˈpʌblɪk]
第三人稱複數：publics
形容詞 公開的； 公眾的，公共的； 政府的； 人人知道的，知名的
名詞 大眾； 社會； 公共場所； （文學家等的）愛讀者
相關例句
形容詞
1、The city central public square is hung with coloured flags.
市中心廣場上掛着各式彩旗。
2、They made the secret public.
他們公開了這個祕密。
名詞
1、The gardens are open to the public.
公園對公眾開放。
2、The museum is open to the public.
這個博物館對大眾開放。
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