星星還是那個星星,月亮還是那個月亮~:)
nation :
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory:
country :
1. a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory:
2. (often the country) districts and small settlements outside large towns, cities, or the capital:
3. an area or region with regard to its physical features:
from:
Definition of nation, country in Oxford Dictionaries
1.古代諸侯稱國,大夫稱家;
2.指皇帝;
3.是階級統治的機關。
《辭海》的解釋告訴我們:第一,“國家”在古代純粹是一個政治概念;
第二,“國家”的政治概念隨時代的變化而變化。
《現代漢語詞典》對“國家”一詞的解釋是:
1.階級統治的工具;
2.指一個國家的整個區域。