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protectorate

英 [prə'tekt(ə)rət] 美 [prə'tɛktərət]

解释

n. 保护国；摄政政体；摄政职位；摄政任期

※ 提供单词"protectorate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

1. In 1914 the country became a British protectorate.: 1914年，该国成为英国的保护国。

2. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.: 他做过英国保护领地的总督.

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.

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.

5. A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.: 摄政政体常常是兼并的第一步.