单词 | satellite country |
释义 | > as lemmassatellite country (a) In sense 3b, as satellite country, satellite state, etc. ΚΠ 1798 J. Dennis Addr. People Maryland App. p. i They intended to take Savoy, incorporate it with Geneva and make of them one of those satellite republics, which she has since been establishing, wherever she extends her arms. 1851 M. Pisani tr. G. Rosini Convent & Harem II. xi. 170 Florence, Genoa, Lucca, and what we may call the Satellite States around, were..in a politically good understanding together. 1859 Sat. Rev. 3 Sept. 269/1 To Frenchmen, the aggrandizement or glorification of France is infinitely more interesting than the improvement or liberation of the satellite countries which surround the great nation. 1937 Washington Post 1 Apr. 13/5 Soviet fears that a satellite Fascist state may be created in the peninsula if Franco wins. 1956 E. E. Cummings Let. 26 Nov. (1969) 253 Urging (via night & day broadcasts) the socalled satellite nations to revolt from colossal Russia. 2010 Times 27 Sept. 5/4 A Chinese satellite state, with the same relationship to Beijing that eastern European countries had to the Soviet Union, might suit them best too. < as lemmas |
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