1917, from Russian sovet "governing council," literally "council," from Old Russian suvetu "assembly," from su "with" (from *su(n)- "with, together," from PIE *ksun- "with") + vetu "counsel." The whole is a loan-translation of Greek symboulion "council of advisers." As an adjective from 1918.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Food for the ordinary Soviet troops and NCOs was very poor.
蘇聯(lián)普通士兵的伙食很糟糕。
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2. Hitler himself committed suicide as Soviet forces were closing in on Berlin.
當(dāng)蘇聯(lián)軍隊(duì)逼近柏林的時(shí)候，希特勒自殺了。
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3. Gorbachev failed to keep the component parts of the Soviet Union together.
戈?duì)柊蛦谭驔]能把蘇聯(lián)各成員國(guó)團(tuán)結(jié)在一起。
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4. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
土耳其和希臘是前蘇聯(lián)與反蘇國(guó)家之間的緩沖國(guó)。
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5. In 1990, 200,000 Soviet Jews resettled on Israeli territory.