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单词 Eurosceptic
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Definition of Eurosceptic in English:

Eurosceptic

(US Euroskeptic)
noun ˈjʊərəʊˌskɛptɪkˌjəroʊˈskɛptɪk
  • A person who is opposed to increasing the powers of the European Union.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other hobbyhorses include all the Euro-sceptics mendaciously traducing our ‘wobbly’, ‘perfidious’ neighbours, regardless of the contrary facts.
    • Survived two days of meetings with Euroland, sitting in on plans for further ‘misery research’, as a fellow Euro-sceptic termed it.
    • Personally, I am unable to take the reflexively anti-EU positions that many American bloggers seem to take, or that British Euro-sceptics seem to take.
    • This would be a divisive disaster for our continent, although British Euro-sceptics will believe it's Christmas.
    • Europe is a geographical entity comprising 46 countries and Euro-sceptics are no more ‘anti - Europe’ than Christians are anti-God.
    • Scattered among the gathering were a number of well known Euro-sceptics, a further scattering of local politicians, and interested members of the public, all there to discuss the issues that led to the defeat of the Nice Treaty.
    • But he's one of the best known Euro-sceptics and that's why he was invited.
    • All of which is contained in this constitution and the constitution is - at least for the time being - dead, and of course it ought to be with joy that we Euro-sceptics place our feet on its mounded belly.
    • The one thing pundits seem certain about is that the Euro-sceptics have done well across the EU, with the UK Independence Party winning 12 seats with around 16 per cent of the vote.
    • Many British Euro-sceptics are praying for a ‘Oui’, while Euro-enthusiasts are crossing their fingers for a ‘Non’.
    • It is fervently to be hoped that the mainstream Conservative Party with support from Euro-sceptics wherever they are - will give the robust leadership required to lead the nation away from mortal danger.
    • In the 1990s Euro-sceptics called for referendums to decide on measures which involve a further integration of Britain into the European Union.
    • Although Major won the vote, he was struck by the strength of the Euro-sceptics and became increasingly suspicious of some of his colleagues.
    • Seven years on and people remain unimpressed with that vision - a growing number embracing a party of Euro-sceptics, whose declared vision is to extract Britain from Europe all together.
    • So you're a Euro-sceptic only in the sense of not being enthusiastic about federal union?
    • Aides pledged that the 25-nation tour would not be complete without the commissioners involved meeting their fiercest critics face to face, including British Euro-sceptics.
    • It is just another chance for Euro-sceptics to spread bad feeling about the EU.
    • The French who abstained in large numbers during the European parliamentary elections were already Euro-sceptics.
    • The appointment of the Euro-sceptic provoked renewed hostilities between different factions at the top of the party.
    • That could reopen a bitter civil war within the party between fierce Euro-sceptics who want the withdrawal option to become official party policy and pro-Europeans who believe that would be General Election suicide.

Derivatives

  • Eurosceptical

  • adjective
    • And the question I'd ask you (even those of you who are deeply Euro-sceptical) is ‘would Europe be better off with or without its Parliament?’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This means a hardened Euro-sceptical rhetoric from him, but also heightened tensions with the real Tory Euro-sceptics over withdrawal.
      • The block between the Atlantic and the Oder would only lead to polarised opposition from the remaining EU treaty partners, which would predictably turn to Euro-sceptical England or orient themselves increasingly towards America.
  • Euroscepticism

  • noun ˈjʊərəʊskɛptɪsɪz(ə)mˌjəroʊˈskɛptɪsɪzəm
    • Fully 64 per cent of Yorkshire people would vote to quit the EU if offered the chance in a referendum, with only the South-West and the South-East approaching Yorkshire's Euro-scepticism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I agree that there is a high level of Euro-scepticism.
      • The UK Independence Party was rewriting the political map of Britain last night as a tide of Euro-scepticism dominated the European Parliament elections.
      • This should be resisted, as he believes there are many who share his own Euro-scepticism, and who will vote to reject the Constitution, but who want Britain to remain in the EU.
      • The small no majority in the first Danish referendum in June 1992 acted as a catalyst for a new wave of Euro-scepticism, and the ratification process became both long and painful.
 
 

Definition of Euroskeptic in US English:

Euroskeptic

(British Eurosceptic)
nounˌyərōˈskeptikˌjəroʊˈskɛptɪk
  • A person who is opposed to increasing the powers of the European Union.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Personally, I am unable to take the reflexively anti-EU positions that many American bloggers seem to take, or that British Euro-sceptics seem to take.
    • Scattered among the gathering were a number of well known Euro-sceptics, a further scattering of local politicians, and interested members of the public, all there to discuss the issues that led to the defeat of the Nice Treaty.
    • This would be a divisive disaster for our continent, although British Euro-sceptics will believe it's Christmas.
    • Although Major won the vote, he was struck by the strength of the Euro-sceptics and became increasingly suspicious of some of his colleagues.
    • The one thing pundits seem certain about is that the Euro-sceptics have done well across the EU, with the UK Independence Party winning 12 seats with around 16 per cent of the vote.
    • The appointment of the Euro-sceptic provoked renewed hostilities between different factions at the top of the party.
    • Aides pledged that the 25-nation tour would not be complete without the commissioners involved meeting their fiercest critics face to face, including British Euro-sceptics.
    • It is fervently to be hoped that the mainstream Conservative Party with support from Euro-sceptics wherever they are - will give the robust leadership required to lead the nation away from mortal danger.
    • Seven years on and people remain unimpressed with that vision - a growing number embracing a party of Euro-sceptics, whose declared vision is to extract Britain from Europe all together.
    • It is just another chance for Euro-sceptics to spread bad feeling about the EU.
    • Europe is a geographical entity comprising 46 countries and Euro-sceptics are no more ‘anti - Europe’ than Christians are anti-God.
    • That could reopen a bitter civil war within the party between fierce Euro-sceptics who want the withdrawal option to become official party policy and pro-Europeans who believe that would be General Election suicide.
    • In the 1990s Euro-sceptics called for referendums to decide on measures which involve a further integration of Britain into the European Union.
    • Other hobbyhorses include all the Euro-sceptics mendaciously traducing our ‘wobbly’, ‘perfidious’ neighbours, regardless of the contrary facts.
    • All of which is contained in this constitution and the constitution is - at least for the time being - dead, and of course it ought to be with joy that we Euro-sceptics place our feet on its mounded belly.
    • Many British Euro-sceptics are praying for a ‘Oui’, while Euro-enthusiasts are crossing their fingers for a ‘Non’.
    • The French who abstained in large numbers during the European parliamentary elections were already Euro-sceptics.
    • So you're a Euro-sceptic only in the sense of not being enthusiastic about federal union?
    • Survived two days of meetings with Euroland, sitting in on plans for further ‘misery research’, as a fellow Euro-sceptic termed it.
    • But he's one of the best known Euro-sceptics and that's why he was invited.
 
 
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