Noun:

1. property rights that are held by the public at large

public key公共密钥publicadj.公众的；公共的；公开的n.民众；公众；大众public opinion of internet网络公共舆论public management in china中国公共管理public technology platform公共技术平台Public Research Investment公共科研投资public security university公安院校Public and Personal Rights公权私权public private partnership公私伙伴关系public utility and service公用事业和服务机构public and private affairs公域和私域Public evils accumulate.公害增加了。

1. If he did not, the work passed into the public domain.
   如果他放弃，该作品则流入公共领域。
2. Their ability to misspend easily rivals the public sector.
   他们错误地使用资金已经危害到了公共领域。
3. Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain.
   莎士比亚的剧本不受版权限制。
4. In most countries, however, that happens automatically by default, so you need to place your changes explicitly in the public domain if you do not want them to be copyrighted.
   在许多国家这默认是需要的，所以要是你不想他们受版权限制的话，你需要明确地把你的修改置于公共领域。