单词 | enosis |
释义 | enosisn. The proposed union of Cyprus and Greece. Also transferred. ΚΠ 1928 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 510/4 He contrasts the Italian measures against manifestations in favour of Enosis (union with Greece) with the completely noncurantist tolerance of them by the British authorities in Cyprus. 1948 Times 13 Aug. 4/4 The constitutional issue has been to some extent obscured by manifestations in favour of Enosis or self-government. 1955 Times 2 July 6/7 The Archbishop and his enosis followers remain uncompromising in their demand for immediate self~determination. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 125 The Turks..asked for assurances that enosis with Greece would not be permitted. 1958 Economist 18 Oct. 219/1 Next year Somalia is likely to become independent, whereupon the cry of enosis may go up in British Somaliland. Derivatives eˈnotic adj. of enosis. ΚΠ 1958 Punch 29 Jan. 172/3 He himself [sc. Gladstone] was not ablaze with the enotic flame. ˈenotist n. one who advocates enosis. ΚΠ 1954 L. Durrell Let. (1969) 126 I am grappling with the moribund Information Services of the island, trying to make our case against the united howls of Enotists, British pressmen and fact-finding M.P.s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1928 |
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