protectorate是什么意思？

protectorate

例句

• Zanzibar became independent, after being a British Protectorate since 1890. 自1890年以来一直是英国保护国的桑给巴尔独立.
• Athens, with the rest of Greece, was at that time a protectorate of Macedonia. 当时的雅典乃至整个希腊都处于马其顿的控制下.