单词 | predominant partner |
释义 | > as lemmaspredominant partner predominant partner n. (originally) England, viewed as the most powerful of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom (now historical); (in extended use) any nation or state considered as the most influential member of an economic or political grouping. ΚΠ 1894 Ld. Rosebery in Hansard Lords 12 Mar. 32 The noble Marquess [of Salisbury]..said that before Irish Home Rule is conceded by the Imperial Parliament England, as the predominant Member of the partnership of the Three Kingdoms, will have to be convinced of its justice and equity.] 1894 Times 14 Mar. 9/3 Lord Rosebery had practically postponed the Home Rule Bill until England, the predominant partner, had been convinced of its justice. 1904 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 6/4 If the predominant partner theory was to be carried out in the next Government. 1920 G. P. Gooch Nationalism iii. 52 Prussia alone was strong enough to expel her rival and to take her place as the predominant partner in a close federation of German States. 1982 Hist. Jrnl. 25 124 In the 1890s..Salisbury applied the concept of the ‘predominant partner’ to the Irish question in the course of his successful campaign to defeat the second Home Rule Bill. 1996 R. Taylor Greater China & Japan v. 162 The Chinese urge consultation among all parties on an equal footing rather than decision masking by a predominant partner. < as lemmas |
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