mother country

noun

1. 祖国
   the country where you or your family were born and which you feel a strong emotional connection with
2. （控制别国的）母国
   the country that controls or used to control the government of another country

1. N-COUNT 祖国
   Someone's mother country is the country in which they or their ancestors were born and to which they still feel emotionally linked, even if they live somewhere else.
   1. Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
      肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
2. N-SING (控制别国的)母国；宗主国
   If you refer to the mother country of a particular state or country, you are referring to the very powerful country that used to control its affairs.
   1. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
      澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。

1. Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
   肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
2. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.
   澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大跟它们的宗主国不曾有殖民冲突。
3. This island is a colony; however, in most matters, it is autonomous and receives no orders from the mother country.
   那个岛是个殖民地，然而在大多数问题上它享有自治权，可以不接受宗主国的命令。
4. Though far away from their mother country, their celebrations are just as authentically Chinese.
   虽然远离祖国，他们的庆祝活动也同样原汁原味中国味。
5. Patriotism implies a love for one's mother country.
   爱国主义是指着人们对祖国的热爱。
6. The Important Contributions of the Compatriots in Taiwan to the Victory of Anti-Japan War in Mother Country
   台湾同胞在祖国抗日战争中的重要贡献
7. The enumeration of certain products requiring direct shipment to England suggests their special importance from the perspective of the mother country.
   列出须直接运到英国的商品清单说明这些商品对于母国来说特别重要。
8. He might be able to attract a few fans from his mother country by acting the way he is now, but soon, they will see the deeper side to the issue and turn their backs on him.
   或许通过在自己的国家扮演现在的角色，装可怜，可以吸引到一些FANS，但是这些FANS慢慢的会看到他隐藏的另外一面而背弃他。
9. And when, by the mid-twentieth century, Canada finally broke free from the hold of its old mother country, it seemed to step right into the firm maternal grasp of the United States.
   直到二十世纪中期，加拿大在终于摆脱了英国的掌控时，又一意孤行地投入了美国的怀抱。
10. Canada was still regarded in London as a dominion which would always come to the aid of the mother country without asking too many questions, but times had changed.
    伦敦仍把加拿大看作其自治领地，对援助母国会不加疑问，招之即来，然而时代已经变了。
11. The British colonies took up arms for independence against the mother country.
    英国殖民地为了捍卫它们的独立，武装起来反对宗主国。
12. In my experience they have a very different idea of own nationality, compared with their parents who spent their formative years in the mother country.
    在我的经验中他们对自己的国籍与在原籍生活过的父母相比有非常不同的看法。
13. Though more numerous than the Thracian turks, the Albanians in Greece have less power, for they lack the support of a strong mother country and the economic resources available to those who have lived in the same place for a long time.
    他们人口比西色雷斯土耳其人多，但没什么权利地位，因为他们背后没有一个强大祖国的支持，也没有经济来源保证他们在一个地方长期生活。
14. England is not my mother country, but English is my mother tongue.
    英国不是我的祖国，但英语却是我的母语。
15. The other problem with Mexicans is that they retained ties to the mother country. Or, at least, some did.
    墨西哥人尚存在这样一个问题，那就是他们与其祖国依然存在千丝万缕的联系，或者至少某一些人是如此。
16. Her love for the mother country is deeply rooted.
    她对祖国的爱坚贞不移。
17. The development of national area is significant to vindicate mother country's unification, social stabilization and realize countrywide modernization.
    民族地区的发展对维护祖国统一和社会稳定、实现全国的现代化有着至关重要的作用。
18. Smith thought that the mother country could not benefit from the colony, which were burdens.
    他认为，殖民地是母国的负担，对母国没有益处，主张放弃对殖民地的贸易垄断；
19. In the 17th and 18th centuries, millions of Englishmen left their mother country for North America.
    在十七和十八世纪时，有好几百万的英国人离开祖国移民至北美洲。
20. He would have gone through fire and water for his mother country he loved so much.
    为着他所热受的祖国，他赴汤蹈火在所不辞。
21. Thus our family should bear in mind who we are and where our ancient mother country is.
    所以我们的家人要记住，我们是谁？我们的古老祖国在哪里？
22. In the image of the Byzantium Empire, Yeats expressed his wish for his mother country Ireland and disclosed his aristocratic ideal.
    借助拜占庭这面镜像，叶芝实现了对诗人本身和祖国爱尔兰进行言说的最终目的。
23. This empirical study analyzes influencing factors of service FDI locating selection under interaction between host country and mother country.
    这个分析是研究母国和东道国的相互作用下服务业对外直接投资的区位选择的影响因素。
24. While I devoted my whole life to study fundamental science, I also consider promotion of science, especially for my mother country, to be a responsibility of my life.
    我虽然毕生研究基础科学，但亦以推广、普及科学为己任，对与祖国有关的工作，尤其珍惜。
25. The mother country of so many argentines.
    那是无数阿根廷人的祖国。
26. I am proud of the deep and continuous developing civilization of my mother country.
    我引以自傲的是，祖国源远流长，迄今犹自欣欣向荣的文明。
27. China is the recognized soybean mother country and owns the most plenty of soybean genetic resources in the World.
    大豆起源于中国，中国是世界上大豆遗传资源最为丰富的国家，也曾经是世界上最主要的大豆生产国和出口国。
28. They cannot completely cut off the connections with the mother country after their emigration, but in this distance, they are more objective and dispassionate as they present the image of China.
    他们无法在离开后完全脱离与母国的联系，而在保持了这样的距离之后，他们更加客观冷静地为我们呈现了中国形象。
29. The wealth of sovereignty over national law and international supervision of the fund, as sovereign wealth of our mother country and the lack of funds by the law of the proposal put forward.
    本文通过对主权财富基金国内法监管和国际法监管的分析，对我国作为主权财富基金母国和东道国所缺少的法律依据提出完善的建议。

noun

1. the country where you were born

   Synonym:    fatherlandhomelandmotherlandcountry of originnative land