英和和英

語源

Originally referred to the realm of a client king of Rome.

名詞

client state (plural client states)

1. A state that is economically, politically or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state.

   Synonym: client

   • 2025 October 22, Lorenzo Tondo, William Christou, “‘Hogwash’ that Israel is a US client state, says Netanyahu”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     On the second day of a US diplomatic push aimed at shoring up the fragile Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed as “hogwash” suggestions that his country was a client state of Washington.

下位語

• associated state
• neo-colony
• protectorate
• puppet state
• vassal state
• satellite state
• tributary state
• banana republic