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

• 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。
• What is this third world nation bollocks?
  这是什么？是什么第三世界的胡说八道吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Both our countries belong to the Third World.
  我们两国同属第三世界。
• 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。
• What will be the real impact of the slowdown on third world countries?
  经济放缓对第三世界国家将有什么真正的影响？
• The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt
  坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。
• We understand the circumstances in many countries, particularly in third world countries.
  我们对许多国家特别是第三世界国家的境遇也是理解的。