nato
nato — 名詞
1. the group of North American and European countries bound by the 1949 agreement c
北約
北大西洋公約組織，軍事聯盟
the group of North American and European countries bound by the 1949 agreement called the North Atlantic Treaty to defend any member that comes under attack
NATO was created in 1949 to protect its members during the Cold War.
北約於 1949 年成立，目的是在冷戰期間保護成員國。
NATO + passive: formed/created in [year]
Finland and Sweden chose to join NATO after the security situation in Europe changed.
芬蘭和瑞典在歐洲安全局勢改變後，選擇加入北約。
collocation: join NATO
Sirin works at the NATO headquarters in Brussels as a policy adviser.
Sirin 在布魯塞爾的北約總部擔任政策顧問。
NATO leaders held an emergency meeting to discuss the growing tension along the border.
北約領袖召開緊急會議，討論邊境日益緊張的情勢。
文法句型
NATO + singular/plural verb
用法筆記
NATO is treated as a singular noun in most contexts (e.g., 'NATO has decided…'), though it refers to multiple countries.
nato — 縮寫
1. short form of the name of the military alliance founded by the North Atlantic Tr
北約（簡稱）
北約（縮寫形式）
short form of the name of the military alliance founded by the North Atlantic Treaty, comprising countries in North America and Europe that have agreed to defend each other
NATO is short for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO 是 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 的縮寫。
pattern: be short for
The letters NATO come from the first letters of the organization's full name.
NATO 這幾個字母來自該組織全名的第一個字母。
pattern: the letters [acronym] come from
In news reports, NATO is used more often than the full name of the alliance.
在新聞報導中，NATO 的使用次數多於該聯盟的全名。
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, was founded by 12 countries in 1949.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization（簡稱 NATO）在 1949 年由 12 個國家共同創立。
文法句型
NATO stands for…
NATO is short for…
用法筆記
This sense explains what the letters NATO stand for. In normal writing, NATO is used as a name and does not need to be written out in full each time.