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

• 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。
• Though far away from their mother country, their celebrations are just as authentically Chinese.
  虽然远离祖国，他们的庆祝活动也同样原汁原味中国味。
• 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。
• Her love for the mother country is deeply rooted.
  她对祖国的爱坚贞不移。
• Thus our family should bear in mind who we are and where our ancient mother country is.
  所以我们的家人要记住，我们是谁？我们的古老祖国在哪里？
• England is not my mother country, but English is my mother tongue.
  英国不是我的祖国，但英语却是我的母语。
• 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。
• The British colonies took up arms for independence against the mother country.
  英国殖民地为了捍卫它们的独立，武装起来反对宗主国。
• 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。
• 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。