| 单词 | little england party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittle England party General attributive (in sense 2), as Little England man, Little England party, etc. ΚΠ 1872Little England party [see sense 2]. 1895 J. Chamberlain Speech at Walsall 15 July in Times 16 July 10/2 Men who..were ‘Little England’ men, who took every opportunity of..criticizing those brave Englishmen who have made for us homes across the sea. 1901 Spectator 20 July 78/2 Another party composed of two groups, the Little England Liberals and the Irish Home-rulers. 1940 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 26 660/2 ‘Little England’ people..who insisted that England could and should remain ‘isolated’ from the rest of the world. 1966 B. Trend in D. Gowland & A. Turner Brit. & European Integration 1945–98 (2000) vi. 117 The growing tendency for individual countries to group themselves in larger aggregates of economic power implies that merely to go on as we are would mean adopting a ‘Little England’ policy. 2010 P. L. Pham Ending ‘East of Suez’ vii. 225 [Harold] Wilson's political base on the Left insisted that the upcoming austerity package include cuts to defence; certain members of the Cabinet had ‘little England’ views. < as lemmas |
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