| 释义 |
Idiom a banana republic informal a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government.People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up.
banana republicA small country, often led by a corrupt government, whose economy depends upon either one internally-produced commodity or the revenue generated by foreign companies or investors. The dictator's insistence that the tiny island nation double down on its dominate export has made it even more of a banana republic. banana republic a small tropical state, especially one in central America, whose economy is regarded as wholly dependent on its fruit-exporting trade. derogatory |