protectorate
- IPA[prəˈtekt(ə)rət]
美式
- a state that is controlled and protected by another;the relationship between a protectorate and the one that controls it
noun: protectorate, plural noun: protectorates
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a state that is controlled and protected by another Panama was juridically a protectorate of the United States the British Somaliland Protectorate
- ▪ the relationship between a protectorate and the one that controls it a French protectorate had been established over Tunis
- 2. historical the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.
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- IPA[prəˈtɛkt(ə)rət]
英式
- a state that is controlled and protected by another: Panama was juridically a protectorate of the United States the British Somaliland Protectorate
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