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

• China belongs to the third world.
  中国属于第三世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• This course explores how globalization impacts everyday life in the First and Third World;
  此课程探讨全球化如何影响第一和第三世界的日常生活；
• China is a developing socialist country belonging to the third world.
  中国是一个发展中的属于第三世界的社会主义国家。
• 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。
• Many of the so-called Western economic models and theories are inappropriate for the study of Third World development.
  许多所谓西方经济模式和理论不适用于研究第三世界的发展。
• 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。