| 释义 |
‖ lebensraum|ˈleːbənzraʊm|
Also L-.
[G., f. genit. of leben life + raum space.]
Territory which the Germans believed was needed for their natural development (now Hist.). Also transf.
1905Mind XIV. 266 A universal activity..forms an all-comprehending Lebensraum in which the manifold may meet and enter into relation. 1935[see life-space s.v. life n. 16 a]. 1939O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 46 These treasures were joined on..overcrowded ledges by a new wave of invaders..and..the problem of lebensraum had become acute. 1939A. Salter Dual Policy 25 Lebensraum, or a place in the sun, is the historic claim and ambition of Germany, as ‘encirclement’ is her historic anxiety. 1939War Illustr. 9 Dec. 393/1 Moravia and Bohemia had been overrun by the Nazi armies and declared German Protectorates—part of the German people's ‘lebensraum’. 1940[see appeasement 4]. 1951S. van Valkenburg in G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. iv. 109 Kurt Vohwinkel (..1939)..distinguishes three kinds of German Lebensraum. The first kind is the real area occupied solidly by Germans; the second the area where besides Germans there are other people but the German cultural influence prevails; and the third is the one in which Germans are outnumbered by others but still because of their racial and cultural superiority have a right to dominate. 1957Encycl. Brit. VIII. 881/2 Hitler was convinced that..Germany..needed Russian territory for Lebensraum. 1959Listener 25 June 1119/1 People, both white and black, either intent on gain or simply seeking lebensraum and resolved not to share it. 1960Guardian 14 Mar. 6/6 Music, manuscripts, and her little daughter's toys compete amiably for lebensraum. 1960Times 30 May 13/6 Lebensraum for the Japanese. 1972W. A. Pantin Oxf. Life iv. 49 The problem of Lebensraum for the developing natural sciences..was already beginning to appear in the early-nineteenth-century minutes of the Hebdomadal Council. |