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单词 protectionist
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Definition of protectionist in English:

protectionist

noun prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nɪstprəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nəst
Economics
  • An advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

    barriers erected by the agricultural protectionists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This resulted in a struggle between free traders and protectionists, and in rising labor militancy.
    • The weakness of the economists is that they are never as harsh on the foreign mercantilists as they are on domestic protectionists.
    • Modern protectionists express a fear of foreign capital.
    • They trivialise this party as protectionists.
    • American protectionists had sometimes justified industrial tariffs by citing the British Corn Laws, which restricted the sale of American wheat to Britain.
    • The outlook of these protectionists is incredibly narrow.
    • In 1904, he formed a government in a coalition with protectionists.
    • The newspaper has accused me of being a "table-thumping protectionist."
    • The opponents of world bureaucracies, no matter how much they favored free trade, were called isolationists and protectionists.
    • The agricultural protectionists are always on the watch for ways to block foreign competition.
    • He is a trade protectionist who would disrupt one of the greatest wealth-creating, wealth-spreading mechanisms since World War II.
adjective prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nɪstprəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nəst
Economics
  • Relating to the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

    protectionist measures against foreign imports
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It led to protectionist attitudes toward foreign trade.
    • The protectionist policies they endorse have been aptly called "beggar thy neighbor."
    • The president explained that his steel tariffs were really not protectionist.
    • A number of protectionist measures have been included in the new proposals.
    • They're dead set against protectionist measures.
    • Automakers had put pressure on the government to maintain protectionist policies for the automobile industry.
    • Some here worry about growing protectionist sentiment in the United States.
    • There are already signs of a protectionist backlash in America.
    • He imposed highly protectionist tariffs on steel imports right at the beginning of his term.
    • He favors protectionist trade policies, the reinstitution of the death penalty, and emphasizes the importance of the family and Church.
    • This involved imposing protectionist barriers to countries outside Europe.
    • As a result there is a great deal of protectionist pressure.

Rhymes

insurrectionist, perfectionist, projectionist, rejectionist, vivisectionist
 
 

Definition of protectionist in US English:

protectionist

nounprəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nəstprəˈtekSH(ə)nəst
Economics
  • An advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

    barriers erected by the agricultural protectionists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The agricultural protectionists are always on the watch for ways to block foreign competition.
    • He is a trade protectionist who would disrupt one of the greatest wealth-creating, wealth-spreading mechanisms since World War II.
    • They trivialise this party as protectionists.
    • The newspaper has accused me of being a "table-thumping protectionist."
    • American protectionists had sometimes justified industrial tariffs by citing the British Corn Laws, which restricted the sale of American wheat to Britain.
    • This resulted in a struggle between free traders and protectionists, and in rising labor militancy.
    • Modern protectionists express a fear of foreign capital.
    • The weakness of the economists is that they are never as harsh on the foreign mercantilists as they are on domestic protectionists.
    • The opponents of world bureaucracies, no matter how much they favored free trade, were called isolationists and protectionists.
    • The outlook of these protectionists is incredibly narrow.
    • In 1904, he formed a government in a coalition with protectionists.
adjectiveprəˈtɛkʃ(ə)nəstprəˈtekSH(ə)nəst
Economics
  • Relating to the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

    protectionist measures against foreign imports
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are already signs of a protectionist backlash in America.
    • As a result there is a great deal of protectionist pressure.
    • Some here worry about growing protectionist sentiment in the United States.
    • A number of protectionist measures have been included in the new proposals.
    • They're dead set against protectionist measures.
    • It led to protectionist attitudes toward foreign trade.
    • He imposed highly protectionist tariffs on steel imports right at the beginning of his term.
    • This involved imposing protectionist barriers to countries outside Europe.
    • The protectionist policies they endorse have been aptly called "beggar thy neighbor."
    • Automakers had put pressure on the government to maintain protectionist policies for the automobile industry.
    • He favors protectionist trade policies, the reinstitution of the death penalty, and emphasizes the importance of the family and Church.
    • The president explained that his steel tariffs were really not protectionist.
 
 
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