lebensraum

/ley-buhns-roum, -buhnz-/US // ˈleɪ bənsˌraʊm, -bənz- //UK // (ˈleɪbənzˌraʊm) //

栖息地,生境,人居环境,栖身地

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- : any additional space needed in order to act, function, etc.

Eatzel, Der Lebensraum, eine bio-geographische Studie, p. 51.
The Germans felt the pressure of other nations around them so they needs must make more Lebensraum—room in which to be free.
Lebensraum and Volkdeutsch were twin pillars of Nazi ideology.
Hitler suggests a future foreign policy for Germany which would assure Lebensraum and domination of the European continent.