deep state
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌdiːp ˈsteɪt/us/ˌdiːp ˈsteɪt/organizationssuch asmilitary,police, orpoliticalgroupsthat are said toworksecretlyinordertoprotectparticularinterestsand toruleacountrywithout beingelected:
深层政府,暗深势力集团(指非经民选,由军队、警察或政治团体等,为了保护特定利益,在幕后实际控制国家的集团)Theideathat there is adeepstategoverningbehind thescenesisdismissedby some as aconspiracytheory.有人认为幕后有一个深层政府,这种观点被一些人斥为阴谋论。
- Theso-calleddeepstate, made up ofrulingelitesfrom themilitary,judicialbranch,businessandmedia, haslongwieldedtremendouspowerbehind thescenes.
- Thesubjectof hisbookis theso-called"deepstate" thatallegedlyoperatesbehind the country'sdemocracy.
- Theterm"deepstate"gainedpopularityin somecirclesduring the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election inoppositiontomainstreamRepublicanandDemocraticcandidates.
- He writes that thedeepstatedrawspowerfrom thenationalsecurityandintelligencecommunities.
Ruling & governing
- administration
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throneidiom
- bipartisanship
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- governorate
- hard Brexitidiom
- Holyrood
- oppressive
- oppressively
- oppressiveness
- overgovern
- power-sharing
- repression
- subjugation
- super-government
- the politburo
- tinpot
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