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
- : 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.
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