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  • n.祖国；（控制别国的）母国
  • Web发源地；我的祖国；故乡
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mother country
n.
1.
祖国the country where you or your family were born and which you feel a strong emotional connection with
2.
（控制别国的）母国the country that controls or used to control the government of another country

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1.
In the image of the Byzantium Empire, Yeats expressed his wish for his mother country Ireland and disclosed his aristocratic ideal.
借助拜占庭这面镜像，叶芝实现了对诗人本身和祖国爱尔兰进行言说的最终目的。
jiè zhù bài zhàn tíng zhè miàn jìng xiàng , yè zhī shí xiàn le duì shī rén běn shēn hé zǔ guó ài ěr lán jìn xíng yán shuō de zuì zhōng mù dì 。
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2.
And she has a deep love of her mother country even though she migrated to United States, became a citizen.
尽管她已经移民成为美国公民，她对自己的祖国依然有着深沉的爱；
jǐn guǎn tā yǐ jīng yí mín chéng wéi měi guó gōng mín , tā duì zì jǐ de zǔ guó yī rán yǒu zhe shēn chén de ài ;
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3.
But these paragons are now returning en masse to the mother country (just as America makes life more difficult for immigrants).
但这些优秀人才都开始大批回国（由于美国移民政策加紧，移民生活更加不易）。
dàn zhè xiē yōu xiù rén cái dōu kāi shǐ dà pī huí guó ( yóu yú měi guó yí mín zhèng cè jiā jǐn , yí mín shēng huó gèng jiā bú yì ) 。
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4.
China is the mother country of the above mentioned folk tales which was jot down in the book "enlighten biography" in West Jin.
中国是《螺中美妇》型民间故事的发源地，该故事最早记载于西晋的《发蒙记》。
zhōng guó shì 《 luó zhōng měi fù 》 xíng mín jiān gù shi de fā yuán dì , gāi gù shi zuì zǎo jì zǎi yú xī jìn de 《 fā mēng jì 》 。
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5.
As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions.
随着对祖国的抱怨的不断升级，他温文尔雅的选择了抵制这些限制，但是又不失坚定。
suí zhe duì zǔ guó de bào yuàn de bú duàn shēng jí , tā wēn wén ěr yǎ de xuǎn zé le dǐ zhì zhè xiē xiàn zhì , dàn shì yòu bù shī jiān dìng 。
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6.
This was done through loans raised in Britain, so this policy increased the economic dependence on the "mother country" .
这一政策是通过在英国本土募集贷款来实现的，这就加深了新西兰对其“母国”在经济上的依赖。
zhè yī zhèng cè shì tōng guò zài yīng guó běn tǔ mù jí dài kuǎn lái shí xiàn de , zhè jiù jiā shēn le xīn xī lán duì qí " mǔ guó " zài jīng jì shàng de yī lài 。
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7.
Protected by the fleet, its multiplying colonies supplied the mother country with raw materials and bought her manufactured goods.
在舰艇的保护之下，大量的殖民地向母国英国提供原材料，然后购买她的工业制成品。
zài jiàn tǐng de bǎo hù zhī xià , dà liàng de zhí mín dì xiàng mǔ guó yīng guó tí gōng yuán cái liào , rán hòu gòu mǎi tā de gōng yè zhì chéng pǐn 。
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8.
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。
mò xī gē rén shàng cún zài zhè yàng yī gè wèn tí , nà jiù shì tā men yǔ qí zǔ guó yī rán cún zài qiān sī wàn lǚ de lián xì , huò zhě zhì shǎo mǒu yì xiē rén shì rú cǐ 。
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9.
Still, many New Zealanders travel to, live and work in London, and older New Zealanders sometimes still call Britain "the mother country. "
但是仍然有许多纽西兰人去伦敦旅游、居住甚至就业，而老一点的纽西兰人有时仍然称英国为「母国」。
dàn shì réng rán yǒu xǔ duō niǔ xī lán rén qù lún dūn lǚ yóu 、 jū zhù shèn zhì jiù yè , ér lǎo yì diǎn de niǔ xī lán rén yǒu shí réng rán chēng yīng guó wèi 「 mǔ guó 」 。
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10.
The Azores and Madeira, ethnically and geographically closest to the mother country, are still part of Portugal.
而种族和地理上都接近于母国葡萄牙的亚速尔和马德拉则仍是葡萄牙的一部分。
ér zhǒng zú hé dì lǐ shàng dōu jiē jìn yú mǔ guó pú táo yá de yà sù ěr hé mǎ dé lā zé réng shì pú táo yá de yí bù fen 。
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