| 释义 |
SWAPO|ˈswɑːpəʊ|
Also Swapo.
[Acronym f. the initial letters of South West Africa(n) People's Organization.]
An African nationalist organization in Namibia. Cf. SWANU.
1962A. K. Lowenstein Brutal Mandate vi. 117 SWAPO grew out of the Ovamboland People's Organization. 1970C. P. Potholm Four African Polit. Systems iv. 100 In South West Africa, the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) likewise undertook a modest policy of selective sabotage. 1973Times 25 Aug. 5/1 The Swapo youth wing's statement..says that its protests at ‘Boer’ injustices in Namibia have been met with imprisonment, torture, brutality and other forms of oppression. 1976Plain Truth Dec. 6/2 The South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), despite its terrorist activities and opposition to the conference, has been invited to be the proposed new government's political opposition. |