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

• 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？
• I am proud of the deep and continuous developing civilization of my mother country.
  我引以自傲的是，祖国源远流长，迄今犹自欣欣向荣的文明。
• Canada was still regarded in London as a dominion which would always come to the aid of the mother country without asking too many questions, but times had changed.
  伦敦仍把加拿大看作其自治领地，对援助母国会不加疑问，招之即来，然而时代已经变了。
• While I devoted my whole life to study fundamental science, I also consider promotion of science, especially for my mother country, to be a responsibility of my life.
  我虽然毕生研究基础科学，但亦以推广、普及科学为己任，对与祖国有关的工作，尤其珍惜。
• 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。
• In the 17th and 18th centuries, millions of Englishmen left their mother country for North America.
  在十七和十八世纪时，有好几百万的英国人离开祖国移民至北美洲。
• 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。
• Her love for the mother country is deeply rooted.
  她对祖国的爱坚贞不移。
• 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。