【colonial】 - A-level备考词汇

colonial

UK:  [kə'ləʊniəl]

US:  [kə'loʊniəl]

复数：colonials  

n.

1.殖民地居民;〔英国〕殖民地股票

2.〔生〕集群种

3.科尔尼亚尔耐蚀铬镍合金钢

adj.

1.〔美国〕英领殖民地时代的,美国初期的;从前的,旧时的

2.殖民(地)的;殖民地化的

3.群落的

4.菌落的

5.【生物学】群体的,集群的

1 . The Bund, its riverside area, and Frenchtown are the best places to see the remnants of its decadent colonial past.
外滩，它的滨水区，和法租界是最好的地方看到它的腐朽殖民历史的残余。

2 . He said he was a president "appointed by the Syrian people" , rather than "colonial powers" of the West or America.
他表示，他是“由叙利亚人民推选的”总统，而不是西方“殖民大国”或美国的傀儡。

3 . India was one of the areas where the British colonizers earlier started their colonial movement.
印度是英国殖民者较早开展殖民活动的地区之一。

4 . Ghana was an agricultural country when it was in the colonial times, and cocoa was the prop of the agricultural economy.
殖民时期的加纳是个农业国家，可可是农业经济的支柱。

5 . Swift, though born a member of Ireland's colonial ruling class, came to be known as one of the greatest of Irish patriots.
斯威夫特，但出生的成员，爱尔兰的殖民统治阶级，后来被称为最伟大的爱尔兰爱国者。