湖边社【每日一词】 patriot -/ˈpā-trē-ət -ˌät, /chiefly British /ˈpa-trē-ət/ n.爱国者，爱国主义者
one who loves and supports his or her country
//… praised him as a … motivated patriot who was fearless in the quest to preserve American security.
—W. R. Hearst, Jr.
Synonyms
loyalist
词组短语
patriot act: 爱国者法案
patriot missile: 爱国者导弹
Examples of patriot in a Sentence
He was a great patriot who devoted his life to serving his country.
the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country
Recent Examples on the Web
There is more to it than Arwen imagines—special celebrations for local heroes and patriots of old like Pilsudski, Savanarola, Guy Fawkes, Betsy Ross, and especially Robert E. Lee, whose statues are being pulled down everywhere by left-wing philistines and scoffers.
—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Ultimately, there’s hardly a greater patriot than the one who must strive to make this country their own.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
While Crawford portrays himself as a family man and a patriot, prosecutors also pointed to his history of arrests that include lying to police and violating parole as evidence of his poor character.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Joe was an exemplary public servant, an American patriot and a matchless champion of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
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