African nation, begun as a resettlement project of freed American slaves in 1816 by the American Colonization Society, the name chosen by society member and U.S. senator Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) from Latin liber "free" (see liberal).
权威例句
1. Liberia was never colonised by the European powers.
利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
2. Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.
利比里亚的叛乱分子释放了4名被扣押了一个星期的外国人。
3. The disruption has now spread and is affecting a large part of central Liberia.
混乱局面已经扩散,正在影响利比里亚中部的大片地区。
4. The fact Liberia has no oil seems to explain foreign disinterest in its internal affairs.
利比里亚没有石油,这一事实似乎解释了为什么外部势力无意过问其内政。
5. The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.