英语词汇“outpost of empire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. spec. A remote territory of an empire, the furthest territory of an empire, esp. (more fully outpost of Empire) of the British Empire.

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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > furthest territory of an empire

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1848 Examiner 21 Oct. 673/1 The origin of the Austrian and Prussian monarchies was the fact of their districts being considered the outposts of the German empire.

1896 Cent. Mag. Feb. 534/2 The outposts of his empire were established, and from one of them he could touch with his hand the enchanted East.

1912 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 94 There he shall blaze a nation's ways with hatchet and with brand, Till on his last-won wilderness an Empire's outposts stand.

1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier ix. 173 In an ‘outpost of Empire’ like Burma the class-question appeared at first sight to have been shelved.

1988 Holiday Which? Jan. 29/2 This powerful last outpost of the Byzantine empire is now a silent ruined city.

单词	outpost of empire
释义	> as lemmas outpost of Empire b. spec. A remote territory of an empire, the furthest territory of an empire, esp. (more fully outpost of Empire) of the British Empire. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > furthest territory of an empire outpost1848 1848 Examiner 21 Oct. 673/1 The origin of the Austrian and Prussian monarchies was the fact of their districts being considered the outposts of the German empire. 1896 Cent. Mag. Feb. 534/2 The outposts of his empire were established, and from one of them he could touch with his hand the enchanted East. 1912 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 94 There he shall blaze a nation's ways with hatchet and with brand, Till on his last-won wilderness an Empire's outposts stand. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier ix. 173 In an ‘outpost of Empire’ like Burma the class-question appeared at first sight to have been shelved. 1988 Holiday Which? Jan. 29/2 This powerful last outpost of the Byzantine empire is now a silent ruined city. extracted from outpostn. < as lemmas
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