| 释义 |
宗主国zōngzhǔguó封建时代直接控制藩属国的外交和国防,从而使藩属国处于半独立的状态的国家。在资本主义时代,殖民国家对殖民地也自称宗主国。{suzerain (state); metropolitan state; state which directly controlled the diplomacy and defence of a vassal state in the feudal times, thus subjecting the vassal state to a status of semi-independence. In the capitalist times, a colonial state calls itself a suzerain state to its colonies.} |