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mother country

n.祖国,发源地

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mother country为短语/超纲词汇

mother country


(fml 文)
1 one's native country 祖国.
2 country in relation to its colonies (殖民地的)母国.

mother country


'mother .country
n [C usually singular]
someone's mother country is the country where they or their family were born and to which they feel a very strong emotional connection, even if they are no longer living there
= motherland
a powerful country that controls or used to control a less powerful country
 The bond between the mother country and her former colonies grew stronger.
1. Ecuador is an equatorial country.
    厄瓜多尔是个赤道国家。

2. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
    即使他也仍存有幻觉,好像乡村生活就是比城市生活优越。

3. Eliza, John and Georgiana were gathered round their mother in the sitting-room.
    起居室里伊丽莎、约翰、乔治安娜簇拥在他们母亲的周围,

4. Evidently, culture shock is something you cannot avoid when living in a foreign country.
    很显然,文化冲击是一种生活在异国他乡的人们无法避免的东西。

5. Every one of those mothers loves and needs her daughter more than her daughter will ever love or need her mother.
    与女儿对自己母亲的爱和需要相比,每一位母亲更爱更需要自己的女儿。

6. But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother´s grave.
    但他想再见见老乡并且看看我母亲的坟墓。

7. But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother´s grave.
    但是,他想看一看家乡父老乡亲,为我的母亲扫墓。

8. B. And yet the students broke through all that and called the country to arms.
    B. 然而学生们冲破了所有这些阻力,号召全国人民武装起来。

9. But the worst happened when Rich criticized my mother's cooking, and he didn't even have a clue about what he had done.
    最糟的是当他批评我妈妈的烹饪手艺时,他对自己做的事还一点也没有感觉到。

10. But, my mother noticed everything.
    但是我的妈妈却把什么东西都看在了眼里。

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