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

• In a hard-hitting speech to the IMF, he urged third world countries to undertake sweeping reforms.
  在向国际货币基金组织所作的一次言辞激烈的演讲中，他敦促第三世界国家实行彻底改革。
• What is this third world nation bollocks?
  这是什么？是什么第三世界的胡说八道吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• China belongs to the third world.
  中国属于第三世界。
• A new third world, in which to redeem the sins of the west.
  一个第三世界国家，西方想赎回他们的罪。
• Pollution, violence, and poverty characterize many Third World cities.
  污染、暴力和贫穷成了许多第三世界城市的特征。
• 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。
• At the same time, the so-called Third World of developing nations tested our intellectual and political understanding.
  与此同时，由发展中国家组成的所谓第三世界也在考验我们理智上和政治上的领悟力。
• 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。