protectorate
protectorates 是 protectorate 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [prəˈtek.tər.ət]
美
[prəˈtek.tɚ.ət]
- n. 保护国；摄政政体；摄政职位；摄政任期
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中文词源
protectorate 受保护国，受保护领地
来自protect,保护。比喻用法。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.