单词 | colonially |
释义 | coloniallyadv. 1. With regard to or in terms of a colony or colonies; within or to a colony or colonies.In quot. 1776: from within a specific colony as opposed to the colonies collectively; cf. continental adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [adverb] > in relation to colonies colonially1776 1776 R. Peters Let. 20 July in G. Washington Papers (1993) Revolutionary War Ser. V. 403 Whether Vacancies [in the Army] should be filled colonially or continentally is a Matter which has not yet been settled. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 647 The quantity of yarn..exported colonially, does not reach to one-sixteenth of the total colonial exports. 1907 R. Thirlmere Clash of Empires 176 An able and well-informed bureaucracy—however it may have failed colonially—has been of the greatest possible service to German development. 2004 N. Blomley Unsettling City Pref. xvii. A ‘new’ city, colonially speaking, Vancouver's past is still powerfully present in its contemporary landscapes. 2009 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 21 June All this has happened under the supposedly incorruptible British model of government, the same model we exported colonially. 2. In a manner peculiar to or characteristic of a colony or colonies. Also occasionally: in a manner peculiar to or characteristic of an inhabitant of a colony. ΚΠ 1819 Descr. Brit. Colonies in Edwards's Hist. Brit. W. Indies (ed. 5) IV. 246 In front of each estate is a massy dyke..; behind is another, intended to keep off the waters that come from the forest, or bush, as it is colonially called. 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 599 With two sons settlers, and a great stake in the colony, Mr Hood, perhaps unconsciously, looks..somewhat colonially at certain subjects. 1854 J. L. C. Richardson Summer's Excursion N.Z. 159 We decided on encamping for the night, or colonially speaking, ‘bushing it’. 1930 Daily Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey) 14 Oct. 10/5 These groups were followed by a group of Indians, colonially dressed students, the band and the classes in the order of their seniority. 1996 R. E. Grant With Nails (1997) 223 Reel back to an ‘overseas trip’ circa spring 1969 from Swaziland to Europe. Home Leave, as it was colonially called. 3. With respect to the manner in which animals (esp. birds) live, roost, breed, etc.: in colonies (colony n. 10a, 10b). ΚΠ 1880 Zool. Rec. 1878 15 Protozoa 1 G. von Hayek..classifies Protozoa as follows:—1. Animals living colonially [Ger. colonienweise] round a skeleton of horn, silica, or carbonate of lime traversed by canals opening on the surface.—Class iv. Spongidae. 1902 Animal Life 1 164 They [sc. kittiwakes] nest colonially, often in immense numbers together. 1976 Jrnl. Mammol. 57 656 The bats may be found roosting colonially in crevices on cliff faces, from March to November. 1991 N. Eldredge Fossils vi. 195 This, the beautiful ‘ribbon candy’ coral, belongs to a group that always lived colonially. 2020 Irish Examiner 27 July 12 Although jackdaws breed colonially, they do so more loosely then rooks. 4. In a manner which shows colonialist attitudes or viewpoints, spec. those favouring the economic or political exploitation of other nations. ΚΠ 1933 R. Herrick Sometime iii. 94 That I may say is the characteristic delusion of the colonially minded. 1947 R. V. C. Bodley Quest vii. 101 We used to talk..of the blindness of imperialists to the menace of Asia... These people still thought colonially. The Occidental's arrogance was in no way tempered. 1960 Possible Nonmilitary Sci. Developments (Hearings before Comm. on Foreign Relations U.S. Senate, 86th Congr., 2nd Sess.) I. 112 The habit of thinking colonially must be given over if the new countries are to be convinced that aid programs are not motivated by concerns of continuing control over their destinies. 2020 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 18 Dec. In many African countries, the land laws are still colonially inclined. Compounds Combining with past participles to form adjectives, with the sense ‘——by a colonial government or the system of colonialism’, as in colonially-appointed, colonially-imposed, etc. ΚΠ 1830 Tasmanian & Austral-Asiatic Rev. 21 May 563/1 A gentleman who held a colonially appointed subaltern situation here, was some time ago superceded by the arrival of a successor from England. 1873 Colonial Church Chron. Aug. 289 Lord Westbury's judgment in the Natal case had exposed the uncertainty..of the status of colonially-ordained clergy. 1958 United Nations Rev. Nov. 91/2 In the Yemeni province of Lahej people and their leaders vigorously rejected a colonially-inspired plan to create a ‘federation’ among local tribes. 1973 H. Winston Strategy for Black Agenda xv. 302 In colonially-subjugated countries, the people's movement emerges in the struggle for independence. 2020 B. Maiangwa Crisis of Belonging ii. 63 The colonially imposed borders have separated consanguineous groups in various parts of the continent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adv.1776 |
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