“world、power”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

world-power

释义

ˈworld-power
[After G. weltmacht.]
1. The power of ‘this world’ (as distinguished from the spiritual world); secular power.
1866Baring-Gould Cur. Myths Mid. Ages, Antichr. & Pope Joan 159 Christ will descend to avenge the blood of the saints, by destroying Antichrist and the world-power.1884Expositor Feb. 89 To crush the heathen world-power, and thereby abolish idolatry.
2. Any of the powers (nations, empires) that dominate the world. Also transf. of a person.
1860Pusey Min. Proph. 409 He has, like all great world-powers, a real dignity and majesty.1900Congress Rec. 29 Jan. 1259/1 We have become a ‘world power’.1901B. Harrison in N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 184 If the World Powers have any recognized creed, it is that it is their duty as ‘trustees for humanity’ to take over the territories of all the weak and decaying nations.1904J. Gairdner in Camb. Mod. Hist. II. xiii. 472 The foundation of England's greatness as a world-power.

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