名 country，nation，state，a surname；形 national，of the state，of our country，Chinese ；

[例句] 他领受了坚振礼，成为英国国教会的一员。 He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.

[例句] 他们威胁将他驱逐出他的移居国。 They threatened to expel him from his adoptive country.

America，the United States of America （U.S.A.），the States，the United States （U.S.）；

[例句] 11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。 The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.

[例句] 美国将提供40亿美元的信贷和赠款。 The US is contributing $4 billion in loans, credits and grants.

Britain，England，the United Kingdom，the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland，Great Britain ；

[例句] 他领受了坚振礼，成为英国国教会的一员。 He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.

[例句] 他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。 He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

national，countrymen；

[例句] “娱乐消遣是每个国民都能享受的事，”她坚定地说。 "Enter-taining is something that everyone in the country can enjoy," she averred.

[例句] 该项目的主要投资商是法国的国民信贷银行。 The main investor in the project is the French bank Credit National.

country，state，nation，body politic，nationality ；

[例句] 为了阻止这类有害动物进入，他们已经耗资300万美元在国家公园周边建造围栏。 They have spent $3 million building fences around the National Park to exclude such pests.

[例句] 国家银行也将买下240亿美金的资产. State Bank will also purchase $ 2.4 billion of the assets.

名 China，the People's Republic of China，Sino-，PRC；

[例句] 他动过去中国的念头，但并没当真。 He toyed with the idea of going to China.

[例句] 这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。 The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.

foreign country，fremdness ；

[例句] 列宁格勒是他在异地安家的第三个外国城市。 Leningrad was the third alien city to offer him a surrogate home.

[例句] 谈到烹饪，法国人会颇为得意并且极端排斥外国菜。 The French are proud and highly xenophobic when it comes to cooking.

internal，domestic，home ；

[例句] 苏格兰队在国内最后一场热身赛的对手是波兰队。 Poland provide the opposition for the Scots' last warm-up match at home.

[例句] 从国内相关的工会那儿或许能得到一项特许。 A special dispensation may be obtained from the domestic union concerned.

national treasury，exchequer，fisc，fisk，the public purse ；

[例句] 国库空虚。 The nation's coffers are empty.

[例句] 这使国库遭受了重大损失。 This resulted in a considerable loss to the exchequer.

France （国名，在西欧） ；

[例句] 他对于法国、德国和荷兰的文学了如指掌。 He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.

[例句] 她带领一群孩子去法国过复活节。 She spends her Easter holidays taking groups of children to France.

Germany （位于欧洲中部），Deutschland ；

[例句] 他对于法国、德国和荷兰的文学了如指掌。 He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.

[例句] 他与德国的新关系受新的互不侵犯条约的保护。 His new relationship with Germany is enshrined in a new non-aggression treaty.

one's own country，home，homeland，the old sod ；

[例句] 他继续使本国远离外来思想的侵袭。 He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.

[例句] 1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。 He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.

名 empire，empery；

[例句] 葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。 Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.

[例句] 凭着对时装业的杰出贡献，他于1990年荣获英帝国官佐勋衔。 He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.

territory，land，country，soil ；

[例句] 国土安全部 the Department of Homeland Security

[例句] 他们起初是以冒险家身份踏上我国国土的. They first set foot on our soil as adventures.

external，overseas，abroad ；

parliament，[美] Congress，[日] the Diet，Cortes，congress ；

[例句] 艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。 Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.

[例句] 她的国会同僚是否同意，现在还无从知晓。 It remains to be seen whether her parliamentary colleagues will agree.

go abroad，leave one's native land，went abroad ；

[例句] 那些离开该省出国打工的人大部分都未经专门训练。 Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.

[例句] 出国度假需持有效护照。 For foreign holidays you will need a valid passport.

return to one's country，homecoming，repatriation ；

[例句] 她将经曼谷归国. She will return to his country by way of Bangkok.

[例句] 这天早上有4000多人排队欢迎归国侨胞. More than 4000 people were lined up that morning to welcome their returning countrymen.

mother country，one's country，homeland，native land，fatherland ；

[例句] 这是自1948年以来他首次回到自己的祖国。 It was his first visit to his native country since 1948.

[例句] 肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。 Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.

betray one's country，turn traitor to one's country，commit treason，betrayal，quisle ；

[例句] 将军们得把叛国者全部铲除。 The generals have to root out traitors.

[例句] 他因怂恿他人叛国而受到传讯。 He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.