| 单词 | government-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGovernment-General Government-General n. the territory under the control of a Governor-General. [In quot. 1940 after German (now hist.) Generalgouvernement (1939 in this sense; 18th cent. in general sense).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a governor-general Government-General1608 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands 219 The Emperour Maximilian (when he was yet but King of Romaines, and Gardien to his sonne the Arch-duke Philip) made him his Lieutenant in the gouernment generall of the Neitherlands. [No corresponding passage in the French original.] 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 490 The Government-General repeatedly derived important advantages from the full command of those ports during the last war. 1940 Times 5 Apr. 8/6 The reconstruction work which is being carried on in the ‘Government-General’ of Poland, i.e., that portion of the country which has not yet been annexed to Germany. 2005 G. L. Weinberg Visions of Victory 63 Under a projected ‘Government General of Formosa’ would come Hong Kong, the Philippines, the Parcel Islands, and Macao..as well as the island of Hainan. < as lemmas |
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