| 单词 | manifest destiny |
| 释义 | Manifest Destinynounthe belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences. Origin of Manifest DestinyFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby Manifest Destinymanifest, manifestant, manifestation, manifestative, manifest content, Manifest Destiny, manifest function, manifest hyperopia, manifesting heterozygote, manifesto, manifold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny noun(esp in the 19th-century US) the belief that the US was a chosen land that had been allotted the entire North American continent by God Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Manifest Destinymanifest destiny A popular slogan of the 1840s. It was used by people who believed that the United States was destined — by God, some said — to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean. The idea of manifest destiny was used to justify the acquisition of Oregon and large parts of the Southwest, including California. (See Mexican War.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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