banana republic

短语

n. 香蕉共和国（指中、南美洲发展中国家）

发音

AU

词形变化

banana republics 复数 banana republics

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

    香蕉共和国

    贬义 习语 政治

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

country land state

词源

Coined by American author O. Henry in 1901 in his short story Money Maze, set in the fictional "Anchuria", which was based on his 1896–97 stay in Honduras.

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