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

• 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。
• 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
• The mother country of so many argentines.
  那是无数阿根廷人的祖国。
• 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。
• 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。
• Smith thought that the mother country could not benefit from the colony, which were burdens.
  他认为，殖民地是母国的负担，对母国没有益处，主张放弃对殖民地的贸易垄断；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？