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

• In a hard-hitting speech to the IMF, he urged third world countries to undertake sweeping reforms.
  在向国际货币基金组织所作的一次言辞激烈的演讲中，他敦促第三世界国家实行彻底改革。
• At the same time, the so-called Third World of developing nations tested our intellectual and political understanding.
  与此同时，由发展中国家组成的所谓第三世界也在考验我们理智上和政治上的领悟力。
• The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
  西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
• Then the educational system can actually perpetuate and even increase inequality in third world nations.
  那么，第三世界国家的教育体制在事实上就保持甚至加剧了不平等。
• 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。
• China is a country belonging to the third world.
  中国是属于第三世界的一个国家。
• 'Third World' is an abstraction, a form of shorthand
  “第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is in the common interest of the third world.
  这是第三世界的共同利益。