mother country

英 [ˈmʌðə kʌntri]

美 [ˈmʌðər kʌntri]

n.  祖国; (控制别国的)母国

牛津词典

noun

• 祖国
  the country where you or your family were born and which you feel a strong emotional connection with
• （控制别国的）母国
  the country that controls or used to control the government of another country

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 祖国
  Someone'smother countryis the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else.
  1. Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
     肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
• N-SING (控制别国的)母国；宗主国
  If you refer tothe mother countryof a particular state or country, you are referring to the very powerful country that used to control its affairs.
  1. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
     澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。

英英释义

noun

• the country where you were born
  Synonym:fatherlandhomelandmotherlandcountry of originnative land

双语例句

• This empirical study analyzes influencing factors of service FDI locating selection under interaction between host country and mother country.
  这个分析是研究母国和东道国的相互作用下服务业对外直接投资的区位选择的影响因素。
• And when, by the mid-twentieth century, Canada finally broke free from the hold of its old mother country, it seemed to step right into the firm maternal grasp of the United States.
  直到二十世纪中期，加拿大在终于摆脱了英国的掌控时，又一意孤行地投入了美国的怀抱。
• While I devoted my whole life to study fundamental science, I also consider promotion of science, especially for my mother country, to be a responsibility of my life.
  我虽然毕生研究基础科学，但亦以推广、普及科学为己任，对与祖国有关的工作，尤其珍惜。
• The wealth of sovereignty over national law and international supervision of the fund, as sovereign wealth of our mother country and the lack of funds by the law of the proposal put forward.
  本文通过对主权财富基金国内法监管和国际法监管的分析，对我国作为主权财富基金母国和东道国所缺少的法律依据提出完善的建议。
• Though far away from their mother country, their celebrations are just as authentically Chinese.
  虽然远离祖国，他们的庆祝活动也同样原汁原味中国味。
• The other problem with Mexicans is that they retained ties to the mother country. Or, at least, some did.
  墨西哥人尚存在这样一个问题，那就是他们与其祖国依然存在千丝万缕的联系，或者至少某一些人是如此。
• The British colonies took up arms for independence against the mother country.
  英国殖民地为了捍卫它们的独立，武装起来反对宗主国。
• In my experience they have a very different idea of own nationality, compared with their parents who spent their formative years in the mother country.
  在我的经验中他们对自己的国籍与在原籍生活过的父母相比有非常不同的看法。
• Thus our family should bear in mind who we are and where our ancient mother country is.
  所以我们的家人要记住，我们是谁？我们的古老祖国在哪里？
• Canada was still regarded in London as a dominion which would always come to the aid of the mother country without asking too many questions, but times had changed.
  伦敦仍把加拿大看作其自治领地，对援助母国会不加疑问，招之即来，然而时代已经变了。