Third World

英 [θɜːd wɜːld]

美 [θɜːrd wɜːrld]

n.  第三世界

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牛津词典

noun

• 第三世界
  a way of referring to the poor or developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which is sometimes considered offensive
  1. the causes of poverty and injustice in the Third World
     第三世界贫穷和不公正的原因
  2. Third-World debt
     第三世界债务

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 第三世界;第三世界国家
  The countries of Africa, Asia, and South America are sometimes referred to all together asthe Third World, especially those parts that are poor, do not have much power, and are not considered to be highly developed.
  1. ...development in the Third World.
     第三世界的发展
  2. ...Third World debt.
     第三世界国家的债务

双语例句

• 'Third World' is an abstraction, a form of shorthand
  “第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。
• The salient feature of the third world was that it wanted economic and political clout.
  第三世界的突出特点便是希望拥有政治和经济影响力。
• As part of the research and development strategy, the CEO travels to a Third World nation.
  为了研究发展的策略，这总裁旅行到一个第三世界的国家。
• The Third World member countries in the United Nations have increased.
  在联合国中，第三世界的成员增加了。
• In many Third World regions land reform remains a prerequisite for development.
  在许多第三世界国家中土地改革仍然是经济发展的一个先决条件。
• Both our countries belong to the Third World.
  我们两国同属第三世界。
• Many countries in the Third World are as poor as they have ever been.
  很多第三世界国家仍和过去一样穷困。
• This is in the common interest of the third world.
  这是第三世界的共同利益。
• We must help the people in Third World countries.
  我们一定要帮助第三世界国家的人们。
• No I don't, mass third world immigration shows the contempt our government has for the British public.
  不，我不相信它。大量第三世界的移民到来，表明了我们政府对英国公众的蔑视。