“the population of”和 “a population of”在表示人口数量的时候并没有明显的区别。它们都用来描述某地或者某个群体的居民人数,只是后者可以加上修饰词来更准确地表达意思。例如,“the population of China”(中国的人口)或 "a large/small population of China"(中国的一个大/小群体)。值得注意的是,"population"这个词本身就含有数量的含义,所以不需要再加量词如"many","few"等来表示数量大小。比如正确的说法是:“China has a large population.” 而不是 “China has many people.”
Sturgis has a population of six thousand people. The rally is supposed to last a week, but riders come early and stay late.
斯特吉斯有六千人口,集会将持续一个星期,但骑手们来得早走得晚。
The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people, twice as big as the population of the United States.
扩大了的欧盟拥有五亿多的人口,相当于美国人口的二倍。
It has a population of only 186, 000, yet between them they speak three of the national languages.
这里的居民只有17万,却使用三种不同的语言。
China has a population of 12 trillions, and per capita quantity of resource on land is below average level in the word.
中国有12亿多人口,陆地自然资源人均占有量低于世界平均水平。
It has a population of over 1. 3 billion, more than 20 times that of Britain.
中国人口众多,超过13亿,是英国的20多倍。
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state.
众议院的席位是根据各州的人口分配的。
What's the population of Spain?
西班牙的人口有多少?
What's the population of France?
法国的人口是多少?
What's the population of Pasadena?
帕萨迪纳市有多少人口?
The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades.
印度的人口几十年来一直在稳步增长。