banana republic
详细释义
源自:《新世纪英汉大词典》
- n.
香蕉共和国(尤指政治动荡、经济受外国势力控制、依赖香蕉等单一出口物的中美洲小国)<冒犯>
英英释义
- n.
- a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
