| 词组 | banana republic |
| 释义 | banana republic Theme: COUNTRY n. a stereotypic small Central American country having continual political turmoil. (Formerly of interest to the U.S. only because it supplied bananas.)This is no banana republic! Things like this aren't supposed to happen here!If you want to change governments like underwear, maybe you should emigrate to some banana republic. Idiom banana republic informal a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government.People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up. banana republicA small country, often led by a corrupt government, whose economy depends upon either one internally-produced commodity or the revenue generated by foreign companies or investors. The dictator's insistence that the tiny island nation double down on its dominate export has made it even more of a banana republic. banana republica small tropical state, especially one in central America, whose economy is regarded as wholly dependent on its fruit-exporting trade. derogatory |
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