| 单词 | nation builder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnation builder nation builder n. a person who practises nation-building; (also figurative) a thing which exercises a nation-building influence. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > [noun] > nation-building > person nation maker1851 nation builder1883 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 718 It [sc. rude energy] is a quality very necessary in nation-builders and the subduers of a savage continent. 1907 Collier's 12 Jan. 7/2 Next week's issue will be our annual Automobile Number, and, in addition to general news and illustrations concerning the modern vehicle, it will give some lucid arguments for the automobile as a nation-builder. 1998 Current Anthropol. 39 576/1 Each of the book's substantive chapters reviews in detail how, for a particular region and period, interpretations of the past have been manipulated by nation builders. < as lemmas |
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