| 单词 | protectorate |
| 释义 | Word family noun protection protector protectionism protectionist protectiveness protectorate adjective protected ≠ unprotected protective protectionist verb protect adverb protectively Related topics: Governmentpro·tec·tor·ate /prəˈtektərət/ noun [countable] PGa country that is protected and controlled by a more powerful country 〔由一个更强大的国家保护并控制的〕受保护国Examples from the Corpusprotectorate• This makes it unlikely that Edward had sought a protectorate.• With the advent of independence in 1961, the cultural gap between colony and protectorate suddenly assumed new and larger political significance.• Island authorities are keen to take advantage of their position as a self-governing Crown protectorate to attract offshore investment funds.• By 1090 Rodrigo had succeeded in establishing a huge protectorate in the east which he found increasingly hard to maintain.• The results had been amazing; the protectorate had prospered.• The abnormality of these grants in the context of the protectorate is not, however, only a matter of scale.• The colony plus the protectorate thus came to constitute what is now Sierra Leone.pro·tec·tor·ate nounChineseSyllable controlled and country that protected a is Corpus by a |
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