单词 | world-state |
释义 | > as lemmasworld-state world-state n. (a) a state comprising the whole world; (b) a state possessing world-power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > comprising the whole world world-state1855 society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > possessing dominant or world power world-state1902 superstate1914 1855 W. B. Pope & J. Fulton tr. E. R. Steir Words of Lord Jesus II. 251 Lange well observes in his interpretative manner: As the mustard-seed even changes its species, passing from a herb to a sort of tree, so does the kingdom of heaven pass into the species and likeness of a great world-state. 1890 B. F. C. Costelloe Church Catholic (1892) 25 She prophesies of a World-State, and laughs at the little fences statesmen draw upon the map. 1902 Daily Chron. 1 Nov. 3/1 However desirable may be the lot of a small State among small States, the conditions are changed in a world of world-States. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Mar. 19/4 It is what a Benthamite world-state would look like. < as lemmas |
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