popular: popular: [15] Popular is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin populus ‘people’. Besides people (which came via Old French) and popular itself, these include populace [16], population [16], and public. It is not clear where populus itself came from, although some have linked it with the Indo- European base *plē- ‘fill’, source of English full and Greek pléthos ‘multitude, common people’ (a relative of English plethora).
=> people, population, public
popular (adj.): early 15c., "public," from Middle French populier (Modern French populaire) and directly from Latin popularis "belonging to the people, general, common; devoted to or accepted by the people; democratic," from populus "people" (see people (n.)).

Meaning "suited to ordinary people" is from 1570s in English; hence, of prices, "low, affordable to average persons" (1859). Meaning "well-liked, admired by the people" is attested from c. 1600. Of art, entertainment, etc., "favored by people generally" from 1819 (popular song). Related: Popularly. Popular Front "coalition of Communists, Socialists, and radicals" is from 1936, first in a French context.

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例句和用法

1. The military government has been unable to win popular support.: 军政府一直未能赢得广泛的支持。

2. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.: 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。

3. Some of the finer type-faces are corrupted by cheap, popular computer printers.: 有些比较优美的字体经过价廉、通用的电脑打印机处理后就面目全非了。

4. A spoilt child is rarely popular with other children.: 被宠坏的孩子很难得到其他孩子的喜爱。

5. The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.: 最受欢迎的产品放在靠近商店最里面的地方。

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