名詞 protectorate:

1. a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
   同義詞：associated state

1. A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen(now Yemen) since1967.
   亞丁以前為英國的殖民地及阿拉伯半島南部的一個保護國，1967年以后是南也門(現(xiàn)也門)的一部分
2. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.
   他做過英國保護領(lǐng)地的總督。

pro.tec.tor.ate

n.Abbr. protec.（名詞）縮寫 protec.

A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region.
保護關(guān)系：一個強國對一個依附國和地區(qū)實行保護或部分控制的關(guān)系
The protected country or region.
受保護國或地區(qū)
Protectorate
Protectorate
The government, office, or term of a protector.
攝政政體：攝政王的政府、職務(wù)或任期
The government of England under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ruling as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
護國公政體：奧立佛·克倫威爾和他的兒子理查德以護國公身份統(tǒng)治英國時期的英國政府