homelands

英 [ˈhəʊmlændz]

美 [ˈhoʊmˌlændz]

n.  祖国; 家乡; (南非共和国过去在种族隔离制度下设立的、有一定自治权的)黑人定居地
homeland的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 祖国
  Yourhomelandis your native country.
  1. Many are planning to return to their homeland.
     很多人正计划回到自己的祖国去。
• “黑人家园”（指过去南非种族隔离制度下的黑人有一定自治权的地区）
  Thehomelandswere regions within South Africa in which black South Africans had a limited form of self-government.

双语例句

• Many travel to their ancestral homelands to renew ties with their kin.
  不少人因此回到祖籍老家和宗亲们重新建立起宗族关系。
• This results from its absorption of the ethnic minority homelands that make up 60 per cent of its land mass and are the origin of all the important international rivers flowing out of Chinese territory.
  这是源于中国对少数民族居住地的吸纳&这些少数民族居住地区占到了中国陆地总面积的60%，是从中国流出的所有重要国际河流的发源地。
• The practice of regional autonomy not only ensures the rights of the ethnic minorities to exercise autonomy as masters of their homelands, but also upholds the unification of the state.
  实行民族区域自治，既保障了少数民族当家作主的自治权利，又维护了国家的统一；
• On the other hand, it has something to do with people's backgrounds; some have not formed the habit of getting involved in politics in their homelands.
  另一方面与各人的背景有关，有些人本来在自己国家就没有积极参与政治的习惯。
• Diasporas communities that live outside, but maintain links with, their homelands have been with the world at least since the Jews were exiled to Babylonia.
  至少自从犹太人被流放到巴比伦尼亚以来，侨民群体（居住在国外但与祖国仍然保持联系的群体）就一直存在于世界各地。
• Indeed, these might even be less riskythan their homelands 'governments.
  真的，这些公司的风险可能比他们所在国的政府都少。
• But the potential is probably bigger in the developing world, and in countries in which migrants remit money to their families in relatively poor homelands.
  但是，在发展中国家，还有在那些移民工人需要将钱汇回相对贫穷的老家的国家，手机银行发展的潜力更大。
• I lived a humble life, yet I worked hard to gain honor and glory in the battlefields as well as in my homelands.
  我出身卑微，但我在战场上奋勇杀敌以争得荣誉，在家乡努力工作以获取赞扬。
• For another example, spending an annual holiday travelling abroad is an especially satisfying experience for those who do not have much of an opportunity to be away from their homelands.
  再比如，对于那些没有太多机会离开家的人来说，每年一次的节日出国旅游是一种特别令人满意的体验。
• European families emigrating from their homelands in the aftermath of World War II were encouraged to immigrate to Australia.
  二战后一段时期，从故土移居来的许多欧洲家族被鼓舞移入澳洲定居。