colonialism

IPA/kəˈləʊniəlɪzəm/
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colonialism — 名詞

1. a system in which a stronger nation rules people in another land, often taking t

1.名詞C1
釋義

殖民主義

強國統治他國並取走資源的制度

a system in which a stronger nation rules people in another land, often taking their resources and labour for its own profit — for example, when Britain governed India or Belgium ran the Congo as a colony.

例句

Felipe wrote his thesis on how Spanish colonialism reshaped farming villages across the Andes.

Felipe 的論文研究西班牙殖民主義如何改變安地斯山區的農村。

modifier + noun: Spanish / French / British colonialism

Many African writers describe colonialism as a wound that has never fully healed.

許多非洲作家把殖民主義形容成一道至今未癒合的傷口。

describe / view / see colonialism as [metaphor]

常見搭配
  • European colonialism
  • the legacy of colonialism
  • the end of colonialism
  • resist colonialism
  • the effects of colonialism
  • settler colonialism
同義詞
  • imperialism

    broader — covers economic and cultural domination even without formal colonies

  • empire-building

    less formal; emphasises the active process of taking territory

  • settler colonialism

    specific subtype where settlers replace the original population, not just rule them

反義詞

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable; takes no article when used generally ('colonialism caused…'), but is often preceded by a country adjective or time-period modifier ('British colonialism', 'nineteenth-century colonialism'). Strongly negative in tone — using it neutrally is rare in modern writing.

常見錯誤

a colonialism spread across Asia
colonialism spread across Asia
uncountable; no 'a/an'.
They built many colonialisms in Africa
They built many colonies in Africa
the things built are colonies; colonialism is the system or belief, not a place.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • legacy of colonialism
  • history of colonialism
  • victims of colonialism
  • end of colonialism

常用片語

  • European colonialism
  • settler colonialism
  • the rise of colonialism
  • resist colonialism

介系詞搭配

  • under colonialism
  • against colonialism