释义 |
Cubanize, v.|ˈkjuːbənaɪz| Also -ise. [See -ize.] trans. To claim a right of protection or partial control over (a weaker but independent state), as the United States is alleged to have done with regard to Cuba. So ˌCubaniˈzation.
1922Q. Rev. July 151 The various Yankee associations whose ultimate aim is the attraction of Mexico within the political orbit of the United States, and its ‘Cubanisation’ by treaty. 1924in J. A. Hammerton Countries of the World xv. 1525/1 Among Cuba's other claims to fame may be placed the fact that its political status has originated a new verb—to Cubanise... It is a quasi-protectorate of America and the word was invented to express this relation. |