apache
apache — 名詞
1. any of the Native American groups whose homelands lie in what is now the southwe
阿帕契族
美國西南部的原住民族群
any of the Native American groups whose homelands lie in what is now the southwestern United States, including Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
The Apache lived across the deserts and mountains of present-day Arizona long before Spanish settlers arrived.
早在西班牙殖民者抵達之前，阿帕契族就已經生活在現今亞利桑那州的沙漠與山區。
plural form: 'the Apache' for the people as a whole
Mrs. Ortega's history class studied how the Apache resisted attempts to take their land in the 19th century.
歐蒂嘉老師的歷史課探討了十九世紀時阿帕契族如何抵抗外人奪走他們的土地。
use as a collective subject in a historical context
Several museums in New Mexico display pottery and woven baskets made by the Apache.
新墨西哥州有好幾家博物館展示阿帕契族製作的陶器和編織籃。
The treaty of 1886 was a turning point for the Apache and other Indigenous peoples of the Southwest.
一八八六年的條約對阿帕契族和西南部其他原住民族而言是個重要轉折點。
Many Apache today live on tribal lands in Arizona while keeping their language and ceremonies alive.
如今許多阿帕契族人住在亞利桑那州的部落保留地，並持續傳承自己的語言和祭儀。
文法句型
the Apache
Apache + noun (e.g. Apache leader, Apache language)
用法筆記
Always capitalised. Often appears with the definite article ('the Apache') when referring to the peoples as a whole. Distinguish from sense 2, which names a single person rather than the group.
常見錯誤
2. a single person whose family or ancestry connects them to the Apache as an Indig
阿帕契族人
阿帕契族中的個別成員
a single person whose family or ancestry connects them to the Apache as an Indigenous community of the southwestern United States.
Linnea's grandfather was an Apache who grew up on a reservation in eastern Arizona.
瑪雅的祖父是一位阿帕契族人，從小在亞利桑那州東部的保留地長大。
singular use with indefinite article: 'an Apache'
The novel's main character is a young Apache learning the songs his grandmother once sang.
這本小說的主角是一位年輕的阿帕契族人，正在學習奶奶曾經唱過的歌謠。
modifier-style description: 'a young Apache'
Two Apaches from the local council came to speak at the school about water rights.
當地議會派了兩位阿帕契族人到學校演講，談水資源權利的議題。
Lisa met an Apache author at the Tucson book fair last autumn.
麗莎去年秋天在土桑書展認識了一位阿帕契族作家。
Paloma, who is an Apache, often shares stories his uncle told him as a boy.
卡洛斯本身是阿帕契族人，常常分享叔叔在他小時候講過的故事。
文法句型
a/an Apache
Apache + noun (e.g. Apache scout, Apache elder)
用法筆記
Used with 'a/an' for one person and pluralised as 'Apaches' for several individuals. Distinguish from sense 1, which refers to the peoples as a whole and rarely takes 'a/an'.