estonia

estonia — 名詞

1. a small northern European nation on the Baltic Sea, independent from the Soviet

1.名詞A1
釋義

愛沙尼亞

東北歐洲國家,首都塔林

a small northern European nation on the Baltic Sea, independent from the Soviet Union since 1991, with Tallinn as its capital and Estonian as its main language.

例句

Astrid moved from Estonia to Sweden for a job, but returns to Tallinn every summer.

Astrid 為了工作從愛沙尼亞搬到瑞典,但她每年夏天仍回塔林。

proper noun as subject / from + country

Estonia joined the European Union in 2004 and began using the euro in 2011.

愛沙尼亞在 2004 年加入歐盟,並於 2011 年開始使用歐元。

country + joined [organisation] + year

用法筆記

Estonia is one of the three Baltic states, along with Latvia and Lithuania. It has a highly digital society — most government services are available online, and it was the first country in the world to allow online voting in national elections.

2. the physical land area and coastline of this Baltic country, including its islan

2.名詞A2
釋義

愛沙尼亞領土

波羅的海東岸之地理區域,含島嶼

the physical land area and coastline of this Baltic country, including its islands and position between the Gulf of Finland and Latvia.

例句

Estonia's northern coast faces the Gulf of Finland, just fifty kilometres south of Helsinki.

愛沙尼亞的北岸面向芬蘭灣,距離赫爾辛基僅五十公里。

geographical preposition pattern: coast of + country + faces + body of water

Estonia shares a land border with Russia to the east and Latvia to the south.

愛沙尼亞東邊與俄羅斯接壤,南邊與拉脫維亞接壤。

country + shares a border with + neighbour

常見錯誤

Estonia is a east-europe country.
Estonia is a northern European country.
💡Estonia is geographically in northern Europe, not eastern Europe, though it is sometimes grouped with Eastern European countries in political or historical contexts.