The motherland is the country in which you or your ancestors were born and to which you still feel emotionally linked, even if you live somewhere else.
例句
...love for the motherland.爱国之情
英汉词典释义
n.
祖国
He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。Anyone who betrays his motherland shall inevitably fall into the abyss of eternal sin and shame.一切出卖祖国的人都必将堕入永远被人唾骂的罪恶深渊。