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单词 expansionism
释义
expansionism
noun[U]
politics,businessdisapproving
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/
increasingtheamountoflandruledby acountry, or thebusinessperformedby acompany:
（领土的）扩张主义，扩张政策；（经营规模的）扩张（政策）
As aconsequenceof expansionism by someEuropeancountries, manyancientcultureshavesuffered.由于一些欧洲国家奉行扩张主义，很多古代文化都蒙受了劫难。
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expansionist
(Definition ofexpansionismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expansionism| American Dictionary

expansionism
noun[U]
us/ɪkˈspæn·ʃəˌnɪz·əm/
politics & government
theactorhabitof onecountrytakinglandfromothers
world history
increasingtheamountoflandruledby acountry, or thebusinessperformedby acompany:
As aconsequenceof expansionism by someEuropeancountries, manyancientcultureshavesuffered.
(Definition ofexpansionismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpansionism

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It is undeniable that in an era of colonialexpansionism, the loss of overseas possessions represented a deep psychological trauma.
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The theory of ' anglosaxonexpansionism' was definitely a misperception.
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Prussianexpansionism, however, was incompatible with the corporate liberties of the imperial constitution.
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It is also the source of liberal reaction and self-enclosure, and expresses itself in tendencies toward isolationism, on one hand, andexpansionismon the other.
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This cybernetic "expansionism" left little room for non-cybernetic physiology.
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Expansionismin turn reflects a foreign policy that actively attempts to increase a state's role in the international arena in order to fulfil particular goals.
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Then there was the same argument aboutexpansionismor restrictionism.
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However, history shows how national leaders often try to distract attention from domestic tensions by pursuingexpansionismabroad.
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That undirectedexpansionismamounted to nothing less than cynical irresponsibility.
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I speak not only as a believer inexpansionism, but also as a believer in multilateralism.
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It is this: that the only comparatively safe time to deal withexpansionismis in its early stages.
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I thought he was speaking in the spirit of restrictionism rather than in the spirit ofexpansionism.
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Sovietexpansionismhas been going full speed ahead.
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To hypothecate a part of that sum to local authorities would be to carry local authorityexpansionismto unwanted lengths.
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Expansionismis not unique, but it may be somewhat out of fashion.
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