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单词 oblast
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Definition of oblast in English:

oblast

noun ˈɒblastˈôbləst
  • An administrative division or region in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and in some constituent republics of the former Soviet Union.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The WHO report on multidrug resistance only surveyed two oblasts in the Russian Federation, Ivanovo and Tomsk.
    • McLure tells us that the Siberian oblast of Tyumen, with 2 percent of Russia's people, yields 65 percent of Russia's oil.
    • The prison authorities in the oblast targeted the social harm that crime causes.
    • Ukraine has twenty-four administrative units - oblasts - almost all named for their capitals.
    • In the 1990s, governors of oblasts (administrative units roughly comparable to states) and presidents of republics acquired significant political autonomy.

Origin

Russian.

 
 

Definition of oblast in US English:

oblast

nounˈôbləst
  • An administrative division or region in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and in some of its former constituent republics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ukraine has twenty-four administrative units - oblasts - almost all named for their capitals.
    • The WHO report on multidrug resistance only surveyed two oblasts in the Russian Federation, Ivanovo and Tomsk.
    • In the 1990s, governors of oblasts (administrative units roughly comparable to states) and presidents of republics acquired significant political autonomy.
    • The prison authorities in the oblast targeted the social harm that crime causes.
    • McLure tells us that the Siberian oblast of Tyumen, with 2 percent of Russia's people, yields 65 percent of Russia's oil.

Origin

Russian.

 
 
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