estonia
estonia — 名詞
1. a small northern European nation on the Baltic Sea, independent from the Soviet
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.
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
The official language of Estonia is Estonian, which is closely related to Finnish.
愛沙尼亞的官方語言是愛沙尼亞語,和芬蘭語關係密切。
More than 1.3 million people live in Estonia, one of the least crowded countries in Europe.
愛沙尼亞的人口超過 130 萬,是歐洲人口密度最低的國家之一。
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
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.
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
Roughly eight percent of Estonia consists of over two thousand islands in the Baltic Sea.
愛沙尼亞約有百分之八的面積由波羅的海中的兩千多座小島組成。
Sade drove across Estonia in one day, passing through pine forests, farmland, and coastal towns.
Sade 花了一天開車橫越愛沙尼亞,沿途經過松林、農田和沿海城鎮。