| 单词 | my country right or wrong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy (also our, etc.) country right or wrong P5. Originally U.S. my (also our, etc.) country right or wrong: advocating or expressing unconditional support for one's country or its policies (sometimes critically or ironically, with reference to a type of unthinking patriotism). ΚΠ 1816 Niles' Weekly Reg. 20 Apr. 136/1 The toasts drank..were very happy and appropriate... By commodore Decatur.—Our country—In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, and always successful, right or wrong.] 1823 J. Neal Seventy-six I. (title page) Our country!—Right or wrong. 1838 C. Newell Hist. Revol. Texas v. 55 The roads were thronged with citizens hurrying to the West to join the standard of their country, with the now unanimous cry, ‘My country, right or wrong!’ 1901 G. K. Chesterton Defendant 125 ‘My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’ 2005 Good Weekend (Sydney) 16 Apr. 53/1 I've never felt those fierce, uncomplicated sloganeering emotions like ‘My country, right or wrong’ or ‘It doesn't matter what he does, he'll always be my dad.’ < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。