mother country

英 [ˈmʌðə kʌntri]

美 [ˈmʌðər kʌntri]

n.  祖国; (控制别国的)母国

牛津词典

noun

• 祖国
  the country where you or your family were born and which you feel a strong emotional connection with
• （控制别国的）母国
  the country that controls or used to control the government of another country

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 祖国
  Someone'smother countryis the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else.
  1. Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
     肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
• N-SING (控制别国的)母国；宗主国
  If you refer tothe mother countryof a particular state or country, you are referring to the very powerful country that used to control its affairs.
  1. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
     澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。

英英释义

noun

• the country where you were born
  Synonym:fatherlandhomelandmotherlandcountry of originnative land

双语例句

• This island is a colony; however, in most matters, it is autonomous and receives no orders from the mother country.
  那个岛是个殖民地，然而在大多数问题上它享有自治权，可以不接受宗主国的命令。
• He might be able to attract a few fans from his mother country by acting the way he is now, but soon, they will see the deeper side to the issue and turn their backs on him.
  或许通过在自己的国家扮演现在的角色，装可怜，可以吸引到一些FANS，但是这些FANS慢慢的会看到他隐藏的另外一面而背弃他。
• The Important Contributions of the Compatriots in Taiwan to the Victory of Anti-Japan War in Mother Country
  台湾同胞在祖国抗日战争中的重要贡献
• Though more numerous than the Thracian turks, the Albanians in Greece have less power, for they lack the support of a strong mother country and the economic resources available to those who have lived in the same place for a long time.
  他们人口比西色雷斯土耳其人多，但没什么权利地位，因为他们背后没有一个强大祖国的支持，也没有经济来源保证他们在一个地方长期生活。
• The wealth of sovereignty over national law and international supervision of the fund, as sovereign wealth of our mother country and the lack of funds by the law of the proposal put forward.
  本文通过对主权财富基金国内法监管和国际法监管的分析，对我国作为主权财富基金母国和东道国所缺少的法律依据提出完善的建议。
• In the image of the Byzantium Empire, Yeats expressed his wish for his mother country Ireland and disclosed his aristocratic ideal.
  借助拜占庭这面镜像，叶芝实现了对诗人本身和祖国爱尔兰进行言说的最终目的。
• In the 17th and 18th centuries, millions of Englishmen left their mother country for North America.
  在十七和十八世纪时，有好几百万的英国人离开祖国移民至北美洲。
• China is the recognized soybean mother country and owns the most plenty of soybean genetic resources in the World.
  大豆起源于中国，中国是世界上大豆遗传资源最为丰富的国家，也曾经是世界上最主要的大豆生产国和出口国。
• While I devoted my whole life to study fundamental science, I also consider promotion of science, especially for my mother country, to be a responsibility of my life.
  我虽然毕生研究基础科学，但亦以推广、普及科学为己任，对与祖国有关的工作，尤其珍惜。
• And when, by the mid-twentieth century, Canada finally broke free from the hold of its old mother country, it seemed to step right into the firm maternal grasp of the United States.
  直到二十世纪中期，加拿大在终于摆脱了英国的掌控时，又一意孤行地投入了美国的怀抱。