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单词 subcontinent
释义
subcontinent
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsʌbˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt/us
/ˈsʌbˌkɑːn.ən.ənt/
alargeareaoflandthat ispartof acontinent, often referring toSouthAsia:
次大陆；（常指）南亚次大陆
theIndiansubcontinent印度次大陆
He has written abookabout thehistoryofrailwaysinthesubcontinent.他写了本有关次大陆铁路发展史的书。
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  • mainland
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(Definition ofsubcontinentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubcontinent

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The heaviest usage was in the northern and western regions of thesubcontinentwith much lower levels in the extreme south.
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Perceived as a corollary to the subcontinent's weak modern banking infrastructure, hundi/hawala is defined as an alternative remittance system.
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But this fiscal modernism was not divorced from the cultural world of thesubcontinent.
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Scattered throughout thesubcontinent, yet concentrated in the north, these people formed an unmistakable underworld of local rural society.
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It must be acknowledged, however, that the issue of transfer occurred in the context of capitalist development on thesubcontinent.
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To sum up, the author argues that both tattoos and dress were studied and classified to make sense of the subcontinent's social spaces.
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Opium use for both medicinal and mood-altering purposes was an accepted cultural practice throughout thesubcontinentwith little or no disapproval attached to it.
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The system that emerged in each major region of thesubcontinentwas sensitive to varying local conditions, cultural preferences and economic circumstances.
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Regional specialization in thesubcontinentin the manufacturing of textiles was an important element in the history of the textile sector over the centuries.
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This makes it possible to compare various increases of speakers and languages in various par ts of thesubcontinent, in tables added for this purpose.
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In recent years there has also been an influx of professionals from thesubcontinent.
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It is only occasionally that one gets a brief glimpse of these things and only in relation to a specific production area in thesubcontinent.
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Bengal was the other major textile producing region in thesubcontinentspecializing in the production of luxury cotton, silk and mixed textiles.
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Champaklakshmi does not subscribe to the much-debated thesis of urban decay, which is believed to be a general historical phenomenon in thesubcontinentin the post-third century ad.
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Scholars in thesubcontinentfound themselves in one of these states and took part in the various discussions that developed in the reconstituted scholarly communities of which they were members.
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