单词 | pan-european |
释义 | pan-Europeanadj. Relating to, affecting, or extending over the whole of Europe; advocating cooperation between the countries of Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] European1555 Western European1639 pan-European1856 intra-European1949 1856 Times 24 Mar. 7/6 The guilt of seeing die among us, without our sympathy and without our help, a man [sc. Louis Kossuth] as virtuous, as ardent an orator, and as pure a patriot—the one Pan-Hellenic, the other Pan-European. 1893 Polit. Sci. Q. 8 554 Dr. Peez, the zealous advocate of a Pan-European Zollverein, contributes a good discussion of the German-Austrian relations. 1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 2 The two great nations of Central Europe..burdened with Pan-European past..remained in a condition of political disunion and dynastic subdivision. 1979 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 16/6 The new flowers..have been put through their paces under the Fleuroselect scheme which is run by a pan-European organisation for testing them,..with a secretariat in The Hague. 1995 Independent 17 May 1/2 A review of teaching materials and school curricula to ensure that children learn about the ecu, the most likely name for the pan-European currency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1856 |
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