homelands

英 [ˈhəʊmlændz]

美 [ˈhoʊmˌlændz]

n.  祖国; 家乡; (南非共和国过去在种族隔离制度下设立的、有一定自治权的)黑人定居地
homeland的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 祖国
  Yourhomelandis your native country.
  1. Many are planning to return to their homeland.
     很多人正计划回到自己的祖国去。
• “黑人家园”（指过去南非种族隔离制度下的黑人有一定自治权的地区）
  Thehomelandswere regions within South Africa in which black South Africans had a limited form of self-government.

双语例句

• On the other hand, it has something to do with people's backgrounds; some have not formed the habit of getting involved in politics in their homelands.
  另一方面与各人的背景有关，有些人本来在自己国家就没有积极参与政治的习惯。
• He will need to include that Jerusalem and refugees will be dealt with in these negotiations and add that the final agreement will end the conflict and all claims, and provide mutual recognition for Jewish and Palestinian homelands.
  他需要额外指出的是，耶路撒冷和巴勒斯坦难民问题也要在未来的和谈中加以解决，最终达成的协定要终止纷争和一切领土要求，要让巴以双方相互承认对方的国家。
• Many tell tales and ancient myths from their faraway homelands.
  许多说故事人会叙说祖国的传说及远古神话。
• Many travel to their ancestral homelands to renew ties with their kin.
  不少人因此回到祖籍老家和宗亲们重新建立起宗族关系。
• For another example, spending an annual holiday travelling abroad is an especially satisfying experience for those who do not have much of an opportunity to be away from their homelands.
  再比如，对于那些没有太多机会离开家的人来说，每年一次的节日出国旅游是一种特别令人满意的体验。
• The government and the whole society, after the earthquake, have invested a large sum of money to help people of the disaster area resume normal production and living and rebuild new better homelands.
  灾害过后，国家、社会投入巨额资金帮助灾区人民恢复正常的生产生活，重建新的美好家园。
• She says more needs to be done to help those seeking to flee troubled homelands.
  她说，要帮助那些逃离充满不安的家园的人，还有许多事情要做。
• European families emigrating from their homelands were encouraged to immigrate into Australia after World War II.
  二战以后欧洲移出原籍的家庭被鼓励移居澳大利亚。
• The practice of regional autonomy not only ensures the rights of the ethnic minorities to exercise autonomy as masters of their homelands, but also upholds the unification of the state.
  实行民族区域自治，既保障了少数民族当家作主的自治权利，又维护了国家的统一；
• In fact, our constitutional laws were drawn up at a time when then-migrants were given a choice of either going back to their homelands or to accept this nation and help develop it.
  事实上，我们的宪制性法律的制定时在当时的移民给予了选择，要么回到自己的家园或接受这个国家，并帮助它发展的时间。