| 单词 | the concert of europe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Concert of Europe P2. the Concert of Europe: a group of countries consisting of the chief European powers acting together with unity of purpose. Now historical.Chiefly with reference to the period between the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and the beginning of the First World War (1914). [After French concert européen (1839 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances auld alliance1566 the League1589 armed neutrality1780 German Confederation1786 Germanic Confederation1815 Holy Alliance1823 the Concert of Europe1841 Sonderbund1847 Triplice1896 Soviet block1919 communist bloc1922 Eastern bloc1922 Soviet bloc1924 axis1936 Rome–Berlin Axis1936 Eastern block1938 communist block1941 Western European Union1944 Arab League1945 Western Union1948 Atlantic Pact1949 NATO1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization1949 Seato1954 W.E.U.1954 Warsaw Pact1955 Atlantic Alliance1958 ASEAN1967 G201972 1841 Standard 14 Apr. France, continued the noble duke, has been obliged to enter into the concert of Europe. 1880 W. E. Gladstone Speech at Midlothian 89 My third sound principle is to take care to cultivate and maintain to the utmost the concert of Europe, to keep the Powers of Europe together. 1897 Marquis of Salisbury in Times 20 Mar. 8/1 I feel it is our duty to sustain the federated action of Europe. I think it has suffered by the somewhat absurd name which has been given to it—the concert of Europe. 1901 Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 92 184 He attributes all our misfortunes to the Concert of Europe. Sir, the Concert is not perfect as an international instrument. 1944 H. Nicolson Let. 18 Jan. (1967) II. 345 He says that the Russians want very much to be admitted as a civilised member of the Concert of Europe. ‘They want to belong to the Club.’ 2012 H. White China Choice (2013) ii. 14 The old Concert of Europe that had kept the peace between the great powers came under strain as competition among them intensified. < as lemmas |
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