English Dictionary

banana republic

名詞

軽蔑的 慣用表現

(politics, idiomatic, derogatory) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

日本語の意味

（政治的・慣用表現・蔑称）主に中央アメリカまたは西インド諸島に位置する小国で、単一の輸出品（従来はバナナ）に依存し、腐敗した独裁的な体制によって統治される国を指す表現。

Critics called the country's military-backed leaders a banana republic after they suppressed opposition and funneled export profits to cronies.

批評家たちは、反対派を弾圧し輸出収益を側近に流したその軍事支配の指導者たちを、単一の輸出品に依存する腐敗した小国、いわゆるバナナ共和国だと非難した。

意味（1）

(politics, idiomatic, derogatory) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

At that time we had a treaty with about every foreign country except Belgium, and that banana republic, Anchuria.

banana republics （ plural ）