colonial的意思

基本释义

• n 殖民地居民

  someone who lives in a colony but who is a citizen of the country that rules the colony

• adj 殖民地的，殖民的

  relating to a country that controls and rules other countries, usually ones that are far away

例句

1. In our freedom, we reject the colonial apartheid system that has caused genocide to our people, and to all Indigenous peoples.

   以我们自由的名义, 我们拒绝这对我们人民, 和所有原住民造成种族灭绝的殖民隔离体系.

2. At the same time, the anti-colonial movements for independence in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean appropriated Lincoln as an exemplar of freedom and national unity.

   同时，追求独立的反殖民运动在亚洲、非洲和加勒比地区展开，这些运动都将林肯作为自由和国家统一的榜样。

3. The people of Africa have successfully fought against colonial rule.

   非洲人民成功地反抗殖民统治。

4. Britain was once a major colonial power.

   英国曾是一个殖民大国。

短语

• colonial rule 殖民统治
• colonial expansion 殖民扩张

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a resident of a colony adj 1. composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony e.g. coral is a colonial organism Synonym: compound 2. of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony 3. of animals who live in colonies, such as ants

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