英汉词典

1. 许多;大量;大批;大群
    A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.

    e.g. There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...
           有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。
    e.g. Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.
           毒瘾会带来许多其他问题。

2. 一大群人;人群
    You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude .

    e.g. ...surrounded by a noisy multitude.
           被喧闹的人群围着
    e.g. ...the multitudes that throng around the Pope.
           围在主教周围的人群

3. 民众；大众；群众
    You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes .

    e.g. The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude...
           向大众隐瞒了骇人听闻的真相。
    e.g. It is our task to convince the multitudes that we are pursuing a lawful hobby in a lawful way.
           我们的任务是要让民众相信，我们是在用合法的方式来从事一种合法的爱好。