| 单词 | special relationship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspecial relationship special relationship n. a particularly close relationship between countries, often resulting from shared history, politics, or culture, spec. that of the United Kingdom with the United States. ΚΠ 1900 Proc. 2nd Internat. Congregational Council 1899 162 We up in Canada..do not get very much recognition as a rule because of our peculiar relationship to Great Britain and our special relationship to the United States. 1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy i. xiv. 62 In addition to the missions mentioned above, there seems to have been a special relationship between Britain and Galicia. 1945 Hansard Commons 7 Nov. 1299 We should not abandon our special relationship with the United States and Canada about the atomic bomb. 1980 Encounter May 41/2 The encounters took on a peculiarly symbolic significance at a time when various signs point to the possible demise of Israel's ‘special relationship’ with West Germany and the United States. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Aug. 5 David Cameron..made strikingly few references to ‘our good friends and allies’ the Americans, let alone to the ‘special relationship’. < as lemmas |
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