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

• In my experience they have a very different idea of own nationality, compared with their parents who spent their formative years in the mother country.
  在我的经验中他们对自己的国籍与在原籍生活过的父母相比有非常不同的看法。
• The other problem with Mexicans is that they retained ties to the mother country. Or, at least, some did.
  墨西哥人尚存在这样一个问题，那就是他们与其祖国依然存在千丝万缕的联系，或者至少某一些人是如此。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Patriotism implies a love for one's mother country.
  爱国主义是指着人们对祖国的热爱。
• They cannot completely cut off the connections with the mother country after their emigration, but in this distance, they are more objective and dispassionate as they present the image of China.
  他们无法在离开后完全脱离与母国的联系，而在保持了这样的距离之后，他们更加客观冷静地为我们呈现了中国形象。
• 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。
• The development of national area is significant to vindicate mother country's unification, social stabilization and realize countrywide modernization.
  民族地区的发展对维护祖国统一和社会稳定、实现全国的现代化有着至关重要的作用。
• He would have gone through fire and water for his mother country he loved so much.
  为着他所热受的祖国，他赴汤蹈火在所不辞。