Middle East
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英語
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詞源
[编辑]middle + east,基於Far East, Near East。最早見於19世紀後期。
專有名詞
[编辑]- 中東
- 西南亞與東北非的地區
- 〈旧〉 近東與遠東之間的地區
- 1920 April 21,House of Commons,引 Austen Chamberlain, “Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means”, in The Parliamentary Debates,卷 128,頁 455:
- Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated?
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
近義詞
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[编辑]參考資料
[编辑]- “Middle East, n.”,OED Online
,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,March 2002年