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词汇 non-American
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Definition of non-American in English:

non-American

adjective
  • Of a nationality other than American.

    non-American actors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lawsuit will be filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act, an act that allows non-American citizens to use the courts to hold Americans responsible for international law violations.
    • What proportion of donors are non-American Arabs?
    • So, both American citizens and non-American citizens are covered by these rulings.
    • In your plea to get your non-American readers to write to voters in Clark County, Iowa, you are correct that events in the US have had, and will have, effects on world events.
    • And - as the British solicitors for the two designated Britons recently learned - non-American lawyers need not apply.

Definition of non-American in US English:

non-American

adjective
  • Not American.

    a major non-American news source
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What proportion of donors are non-American Arabs?
    • The lawsuit will be filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act, an act that allows non-American citizens to use the courts to hold Americans responsible for international law violations.
    • So, both American citizens and non-American citizens are covered by these rulings.
    • And - as the British solicitors for the two designated Britons recently learned - non-American lawyers need not apply.
    • In your plea to get your non-American readers to write to voters in Clark County, Iowa, you are correct that events in the US have had, and will have, effects on world events.
noun
  • A person who is not American.

    the first non-American to win the International Blues Challenge
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Los Angeles Times suggested it was time for the United States to turn over bank leadership to a credible non-American who understands the problems plaguing Third World countries.
    • As a non-American who lost a friend and acquaintances on 11 September 2001 I could not use the Stars and Stripes as a focus for my grief.
    • Let me start by saying that as a non-American, I have only a very basic understanding of the US Constitution.
    • A U.S. newspaper suggests an internationally recognized civilian administration headed by a non-American.
    • I think that's why and how blogging is different as a black person, as a woman, as a gay person, and as a non-American.
    • It is angry music; music protesting at the loss of Americans in a senseless war which Roger felt deeply about- and to think that he was called a non-American.
    • To a non-American like me, it is rather strange how the rest of the reasoning is treated as understood, because it is not.
    • As Annika became the first non-American to win the NCAA Women's Championship, Charlotta became the second.
    • He was the first non-American to win the event for 32 years.
    • He was also very popular with the American public who may have been less supportive of yet more foreign military intervention if a non-American had been chosen.
    • As a non-American, I don't understand the glorification of the veterans.
    • It was like I was being told that as a non-American my grief was of lesser importance.
    • Within a country so ethnically mixed as the United States, one would like to think that such exclusive national categories as American and non-American would lose their meaning.
    • Nor does he tell us whether there is the same standard for a non-American as for an American citizen.
    • I am a non-American without any kind of business interests in the area around Kadena.
    • It was the first time ever that this award was presented to a non-American.
    • After all, where is it written that IT jobs somehow belong to Americans - and that any non-American who does such work is stealing the job from its rightful owner?
    • Given the strength of the international field, there's a good chance a non-American will win this time, too.
    • For a non-American, there is possibly too much American party political propaganda, and being someone without much interest in politics, let alone US politics, the final chapters I found tedious.
    • It's even your American right as a native non-American.
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