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词汇 Nat
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Definition of Nat in English:

Nat

noun nat
informal
  • 1A person who advocates political independence for a particular country.

    winning the seat in central Scotland would give the Nats a massive psychological boost
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nats will only give up the independence fight if they are comprehensively crushed - and probably not even then.
    • This might have had something to do with Spencer saying in 1998 that the Nats had a "whiff of victory in their ears".
    • “Many of the arguments made by the Nats in favour of independence would be completely satisfied by further devolution of financial and economic powers."
    • The Nats are also seeking to turn devolution on its head, suggesting that it has allowed Westminster to give Scotland a worse deal than England.
    • The Nats even used the slogan, "It's Scotland's oil".
    • People are afraid to say they are voting NO for fear of vitriol from the Nats.
    1. 1.1 A member or supporter of a political party called the National Party.
      the Nats had the most members, followed by Labor
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Macdonald is the Nats' duty Senator with responsibility for three NSW electorates, including Windsor's Lower House seat of New England.
      • The AHA made a donation of around $30 000 to the Libs, and an almost perfunctory $10 000 to the Nats.
      • If Peter goes, the Libs should be able to rip up the Senate arrangement with the Nats and claim that spot, too.
      • If they support the Nats they lose the voting support of the NZ public, especially those who voted for them in the last election.
      • Political lore used to say that the Nats had the most members, followed by Labor then the Libs.
      • After an attack on National for supposedly distributing anti-Green and anti-Labour leaflets, it was found the Nats weren't behind the pamphlet drop at all.
      • The Nats aren't likely to win many seats in those areas anyway.
      • The Nats are disgusted with the Libs.

Origin

1920s: abbreviation of nationalist or national.

Rhymes

at, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat
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