单词 | second world |
释义 | > as lemmasSecond World Second World n. [after Third World n.] (a) (following the outlook of the Chinese leadership) the developed countries apart from the two ‘superpowers’; (b) (possibly reflecting the original implication of the term Third World) the Communist bloc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > groups of countries > [noun] > communist or Soviet bloc Soviet block1919 communist bloc1922 Eastern bloc1922 Soviet bloc1924 Eastern block1938 communist block1941 Second World1974 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > groups of countries > [noun] > developed non-aligned Second World1974 1974 Times 13 Apr. 5/7 Mr Teng announced that the ‘socialist camp’ no longer existed, and that the planet was divided into the First World, consisting of the two superpowers, the Second World, consisting of the other developed countries, and the Third World, which included the developing countries. 1974 Economist 18 May 66/1 The conventional image of recent years has been of a first world of developed market economies, a second world of ‘socialist’ states, and the ‘third world’ of the developing nations. 1975 Time (Canada ed.) 8 Sept. 20/2 The ‘Second World’ of the Socialist countries will make a show of complete support. 1978 Church Times 25 Aug. 4/2 The scene was dominated by the post-war tension between the First and Second Worlds. 1979 Dædalus Spring 124 In this approach, Europe would be seen as playing the role of what Chinese diplomacy likes to refer to as ‘the second world’. 1980 Sci. Amer. Sept. 107/2 The already industrialized countries of the capitalist and communist blocs (respectively the ‘first world’ and ‘second world’). < as lemmas |
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