protectorate

• n. 保护国；摄政政体；摄政职位；摄政任期

来自protect,保护。比喻用法。

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.

1. In 1914 the country became a British protectorate.

1914年，该国成为英国的保护国。

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2. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.

他做过英国保护领地的总督.

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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.

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5. A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.

摄政政体常常是兼并的第一步.

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