protectorate

名词 protectorate:

1. a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
   同义词：associated state

1. A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen(now Yemen) since1967.
   亚丁以前为英国的殖民地及阿拉伯半岛南部的一个保护国，1967年以后是南也门(现也门)的一部分
2. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.
   他做过英国保护领地的总督。

pro.tec.tor.ate

n.Abbr. protec.（名词）缩写 protec.

A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region.
保护关系：一个强国对一个依附国和地区实行保护或部分控制的关系
The protected country or region.
受保护国或地区
Protectorate
Protectorate
The government, office, or term of a protector.
摄政政体：摄政王的政府、职务或任期
The government of England under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ruling as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
护国公政体：奥立佛·克伦威尔和他的儿子理查德以护国公身份统治英国时期的英国政府