Third World

英 [θɜːd wɜːld]

美 [θɜːrd wɜːrld]

n.  第三世界

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牛津词典

noun

• 第三世界
  a way of referring to the poor or developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which is sometimes considered offensive
  1. the causes of poverty and injustice in the Third World
     第三世界贫穷和不公正的原因
  2. Third-World debt
     第三世界债务

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 第三世界;第三世界国家
  The countries of Africa, Asia, and South America are sometimes referred to all together asthe Third World, especially those parts that are poor, do not have much power, and are not considered to be highly developed.
  1. ...development in the Third World.
     第三世界的发展
  2. ...Third World debt.
     第三世界国家的债务

双语例句

• The salient feature of the third world was that it wanted economic and political clout.
  第三世界的突出特点便是希望拥有政治和经济影响力。
• Then the educational system can actually perpetuate and even increase inequality in third world nations.
  那么，第三世界国家的教育体制在事实上就保持甚至加剧了不平等。
• The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
  西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
• We understand the circumstances in many countries, particularly in third world countries.
  我们对许多国家特别是第三世界国家的境遇也是理解的。
• This is in the common interest of the third world.
  这是第三世界的共同利益。
• Many of the so-called Western economic models and theories are inappropriate for the study of Third World development.
  许多所谓西方经济模式和理论不适用于研究第三世界的发展。
• The West exported capital and manufactures to the third world.
  西方国家向第三世界输出资本和产品。
• We are very pleased that third world countries have put forward the question of South-South cooperation.
  我们很高兴第三世界的国家提出南南合作问题。
• Both our countries belong to the Third World.
  我们两国同属第三世界。
• China is a developing socialist country belonging to the third world.
  中国是一个发展中的属于第三世界的社会主义国家。