| 单词 | New Commonwealth |
| 释义 | New Commonwealth
[commonwealth 4 c.]
collect. Those countries which have achieved self-government within the British Commonwealth since 1945, opp. the old Dominions; also used attrib. of persons from (or whose parents came from) such countries; a genteelism for persons considered ‘non-white’.
1960New Commonwealth Oct. 626/3 The Rt. Hon. Ian Macleod, m.p., Secretary of State for the Colonies, will be the guest-of-honour at the next New Commonwealth luncheon, to be held at Claridges. 1964Listener 6 Feb. 219/1 A respected voice from the new Commonwealth, that of Professor Rajan of the Indian School of International Studies, declared that [etc.]. 1964S. A. de Smith New Commonwealth & its Constitutions iv. 137 In a new Commonwealth country there is a presumption against leaving the power of appointment exclusively in the hands of the executive. 1970Guardian 10 Mar. 7/3 The number of ‘new’ Commonwealth immigrants admitted during the whole year fell by very nearly one-third. 1973Times 4 Oct. 4/7 About 547,000 people whose parents were born in the New Commonwealth live in Greater London. 1975Times 28 Feb. 3/2 The total New Commonwealth population in Britain. 1976Times 27 Jan. 4/3 The total number of births [in Britain] to New Commonwealth and Pakistan mothers fell. |
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