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westernism

/wes-ter-niz-uhm/US // ˈwɛs tərˌnɪz əm //UK // (ˈwɛstəˌnɪzəm) //

西方主义,洋务主义,洋务派,西方人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a word, idiom, or practice characteristic of people of the Occident or of the western U.S.

Examples

  • Once on the west bank of the Mississippi, to use a Westernism, "he was on his own stamping ground."

  • I know that she's impulsive, and she's free in her manners with strangers; but I suppose that's her Westernism.

  • Borne up on her breezy westernism was a fragrant reserve, a fine reticence that disengaged a tantalising promise.

  • The full impact of Westernism upon the Orient as a whole dates only from about the middle of the nineteenth century.

  • But even in regions where European control is still nominal, the permeation of Westernism has gone on apace.