Iron Curtain

英 [ˈaɪən ˈkɜːtn]

美 [ˈaɪərn ˈkɜːrtn]

n.  铁幕(指昔日西欧与东欧共产党国家之间想象的屏障)

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牛津词典

noun

• 铁幕（指昔日西欧与东欧共产党国家之间想象的屏障）
  the name that people used for the border that used to exist between Western Europe and the communist countries of Eastern Europe

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 铁幕(指前苏联、东欧共产主义国家与西欧国家的边境)
  People referred to the border that separated the Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe from the Western European countries asthe Iron Curtain.
  1. The collapse of the Iron Curtain had immediate impact on the lives of everyone in Germany.
     铁幕的崩溃对每个德国人的生活都产生了直接的影响。
  2. ...when he travelled behind the Iron Curtain in the 1970s.
     当他 20 世纪 70 年代在铁幕背后的国家旅行时
• (国家)铁幕背后的(指前苏联及其东欧盟国)
  People used to refer to the Soviet Union and its East European allies as theIron Curtaincountries.

双语例句

• In1987 President Reagan carried this war of words to the most symbolic section of the iron curtain: the Berlin wall.
  1987年，里根总统把这种言论战引到了铁幕最具代表意义的部分：柏林墙。
• Core tip: If the people want to find the Iron Curtain in the reality on the earth, Berlin Wall is undoubtedly the most representive one.
  核心提示如果人们要在地球上找寻现实中的铁幕，柏林墙无疑是最具代表性的。
• From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
  从波罗的海边的什切青到亚得里亚海边的的里雅斯特，一幅横贯欧洲大陆的铁幕已经拉下。
• The iron curtain came down with the fall of the former Soviet union.
  随着前苏联的解体，铁幕也随之降下。
• But their words helped pierce the concrete and concertina wire of the Iron Curtain.
  但他们的话洞穿了铁幕的混凝土和铁丝网。
• In front of the Iron Curtain across Europe, there are other worrying factor.
  在横跨欧洲的铁幕前面，还有其它令人焦虑的因素。
• The Hungarian prime minister warns of a "new iron curtain" descending across Europe.
  匈牙利总理警告说，一道“新的铁幕”正在欧洲大地落下。
• Unfortunately, while the Iron Curtain is thankfully no more, a new division is emerging.
  遗憾的是，当感激于铁幕时代不再存在的时候，一种新的裂痕正在显现。
• When the Berlin Wall fell and the iron curtain was raised, a historic competition appeared to have come to an end.
  当柏林墙倒塌、“铁幕”被拉开之际，一场历史竞赛似乎画上了句号。
• In 1946, Churchill openly used the term in his "iron curtain" speech, marking the formal establishment of the UK-US special relationship.
  1946年丘吉尔在其铁幕演说中十分明确地提出了这一关系，标志着英美特殊关系正式建立。