protectorate
英[prə'tekt(ə)rət]
美[prə'tɛktərət]
- n. 保护国；摄政政体；摄政职位；摄政任期
词态变化
复数: protectorates;
中文词源
protectorate 受保护国，受保护领地
来自protect,保护。比喻用法。
英文词源
- protectorate (n.)
- 1690s in reference to the government by the Cromwells; 1795 as "occupied territory of another nation," from protector + -ate (1). Meaning "state or territory (usually tribal) placed under the protection of a major power" is from 1860.
双语例句
- 1. In 1914 the country became a British protectorate.
- 1914年，该国成为英国的保护国。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.
- 他做过英国保护领地的总督.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Athens, with the rest of Greece, was at that time a protectorate of Macedonia.
- 当时的雅典乃至整个希腊都处于马其顿的控制下.
来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
- 4. Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1912年,西班牙宣布其成为摩洛哥北岸地区的保护国.
来自互联网
- 5. A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.
- 摄政政体常常是兼并的第一步.
来自互联网