单词 | megastate |
释义 | > as lemmasmegastate megastate n. Brit. , U.S. (a) any of the larger states of the United States; (b) a large and powerful republic or federation of states.ΚΠ 1972 N. R. Pierce (title) The megastates of America. People, politics and power in the ten great states. 1980 Human Life Rev. 6 33 It will be another iron beam in the megastructure of the megastate. 1984 J. Naisbitt Megatrends 246 The megastates [sc. California, Florida, and Texas] share a number of interesting characteristics. All three are on the cutting edge of the whole immigration question. 1992 New Republic 18 May 34/1 The projected unification of Western Europe has made its inhabitants more aware of what they perceive to be their historical differences, which are threatened with extinction by the emergence of a new megastate. < as lemmas |
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