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ADJ
. 出生地的;兒時居住的
Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up
例句
It was his first visit to his native country since 1948...
這是自1948年以來他首次回到自己的祖國。
Mother Teresa visited her native Albania.
特雷莎修女訪問了她的祖國阿爾巴尼亞。
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N-COUNT
本國人;本地人
A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region.
例句
Dr Aubin is a native of St Blaise.
奧賓博士是圣布萊斯人。
...two Dutch volunteer workmen, natives of Tilburg.
來自蒂爾堡的兩個荷蘭志愿工人
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N-COUNT
土人，土著(一些歐洲人指非西方國家的原住民，可能具冒犯意味)
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.
例句
They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.
他們使用武力把土著居民驅逐出了比較肥沃的土地。
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ADJ
(語言)本國的，出生地的
Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child.
例句
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French...
她不僅講自己的母語瑞典語，還講英語和法語。
French is not my native tongue.
法語不是我的母語。
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ADJ
(動植物)當地土生的，原產地的
Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there.
例句
...a project to create a 50 acre forest of native Caledonian pines...
營造50英畝喀里多尼亞土生松樹林的項目
Many of the plants are native to Brazil.
這些植物中有很多原產地在巴西。
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ADJ
(能力或品質)生來就有的，天賦的
A native ability or quality is one that you possess naturally without having to learn it.
例句
We have our native inborn talent, yet we hardly use it.
我們有天生的才能，但我們卻幾乎未曾使用過。
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PHRASE
(移居他國的人)入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，同化
If you say that someone who is living away from their own country goes native, you mean that they try to live and dress like the local people.
例句
You don't think he's gone native, do you? Perhaps he has married out there and decided he can't come home.
你覺得他并沒有入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，是嗎？可能他和那里的人結了婚，認定回不了家了。