Balkans是什么意思？

Balkans

英[ˈbɔ:lkənz]

• abbr. Balkan mountains， peoples， and states in south-eastern Europe 位于东南欧洲的巴尔干山脉，民族和国家；

形容词：Balkan;

例句

• The former Yugoslavia once held the balance of power in the Balkans. 前南斯拉夫在巴尔干半岛各国间曾处于举足轻重的地位.
• The ghost of the Balkans may return to haunt the continent. 巴尔干半岛的幽灵可能重新萦绕欧洲大陆.
• By c . 1200 BC, they had crossed the river Danube and settled in the southern Balkans. 到公元前1200年左右, 他们已跨过了多瑙河,在巴尔干半岛南部定居下来.
• Throughout the Balkans, there is a close identification of nationhood with language. 整个巴尔干半岛上，国家地位与语言有着非常密切的联系。
• Thoughts inevitably flash back to 1914, when trouble in this part of the Balkans led all the way to world war. 这难免会令人想起1914年，那年巴尔干半岛上这一地区的动荡最终引发了世界大战。
• Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans. 多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
  2. a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
  3. the Balkan countries collectively