| 单词 | banana republic |
| 释义 | banana republic[ buh-nan-uhri-puhb-lik ] / bəˈnæn ə rɪˈpʌb lɪk / noun Usually Disparaging.a small, poor country, often reliant on a single export or limited resource, governed by an authoritarian regime and characterized by corruption and economic exploitation by foreign corporations conspiring with local government officials. any exploitative government that functions poorly for its citizenry while disproportionately benefiting a corrupt elite group or individual. Origin of banana republicCoined by O. Henry in his short-story collection Cabbages and Kings (1904); originally used to describe those agrarian countries of Central America dependent in the early 20th century on foreign investment in fruit exports Words nearby banana republicbanana family, Bananaland, banana oil, banana plug, banana prawn, banana republic, banana republics, bananas, banana seat, banana shrub, banana skin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for banana republic
British Dictionary definitions for banana republicbanana republic nounderogatory a small country, esp in Central America, that is politically unstable and has an economy dominated by foreign interest, usually dependent on one export, such as bananas Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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