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nation :
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory:
country :
1. a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory:
2. (often the country) districts and small settlements outside large towns, cities, or the capital:
3. an area or region with regard to its physical features:
from:
Definition of nation, country in Oxford Dictionaries
1.古代诸侯称国,大夫称家;
2.指皇帝;
3.是阶级统治的机关。
《辞海》的解释告诉我们:第一,“国家”在古代纯粹是一个政治概念;
第二,“国家”的政治概念随时代的变化而变化。
《现代汉语词典》对“国家”一词的解释是:
1.阶级统治的工具;
2.指一个国家的整个区域。