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fatherland

/fah-ther-land/US // ˈfɑ ðərˌlænd //UK // (ˈfɑːðəˌlænd) //

祖国,祖国大陆,祖國,祖国的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one's native country.
    • : the land of one's ancestors.

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Examples

  • Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, many old Nazis managed discreetly to trickle back to what they regarded as the Fatherland.

  • For his loyal work on behalf of Putin, Zharov was duly awarded for his “service to the Fatherland.”

  • Lieut. Wilhelm Winter says at the outset that he is fighting for the Fatherland, but by 1941 he is fighting for the Fuhrer.

  • From his revolutionary comrades in Cuba, he borrowed the slogan “patria, socialismo o muerte”—fatherland, socialism or death.

  • The fatherland is a shambles, Bolivarian socialism has failed, and Comandante Chávez is dead.

  • As he said, when he made his speech from the balcony, he hoped that German swords should only be drawn to protect the fatherland.

  • For it might happen even to a vicious man to save his fatherland, or to feel pleasure in seeing it saved by some690 other.

  • "That is merely my official conception of my obligation to the Fatherland," he said quietly.

  • A musician would sing an air, and a quiet German would be led to speak of his life in the Fatherland.

  • And, Trim, he is a brave soldier; you see he has fought for his fatherland and has been sorely wounded.