Suzerain
n. 封建主, 宗主国
📖 牛津释义
suzerain
n
(fml 文) country or ruler that controls the foreign policy of another country but allows it to govern its own internal affairs 宗主国; 宗主国的统治者.
🗣️ 情景例句
I give you an inch, and you take a yard.
你太得寸进尺了。
At that time only the British government had the right to sell salt, which was taxed, so Gandhi encouraged the whole nation to make their own salt.
那时,只有英国政府有权出售盐,而且盐是要征税的。于是甘地鼓励所有的国民自己生产盐。
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