colony, colonialism, piety

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This is not simply a legacy of colonialism or a reflection of Filipinos’ piety


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This is not simply a legacy of colonialism or a reflection of Filipinos’ piety


コロニー（英: colony）. 入植地、 植民地、ラテン語の colonia による。

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pietism ：虔敬主義；虔信派：是十七、十八世紀基督教發起的一種運動，主張將實踐與神秘合而為一，以取代過度系統化、僵硬化的教義教條。

piety ： (1) 孝愛：聖神七恩之一。參閱 gifts of the Holy Ghost 。 (2) 虔誠。

piety, forms of ：熱心善功。

colony

noun [ C ]

UK 

 /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ US 

 /ˈkɑː.lə.ni/

colony noun [C] (GROUP)

 

a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away

殖民地

Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies.澳大利亞和紐西蘭從前是英國的殖民地。

 

a group of people who live in a colony

殖民地定居者群體

 

a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people

（具有共同愛好或工作的）聚居人群，群體

an artists' colony聚居在一起的藝術家

a nudist colony群居的裸體主義者

 

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a group of animals, insects, or plants of the same type that live together

（動物、昆蟲或植物的）群，群落；生物群

a colony of ants/termites/bacteria蟻群／白蟻群／菌落

colonialism

noun [ U ]

   POLITICS

UK 

 /kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/ US 

 /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/

 

the belief in and support for the system of one country controlling another

殖民主義