Banana war

tariff Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a charge or list of charges either for services or on goods entering a country
giá

colony Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful and often distant country:
Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies.

2 a group of people who live in a colony

3 a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people:
an artists' colony
a nudist colony

4 SPECIALIZED a group of animals, insects or plants of the same type that live together:
a colony of ants/termites/bacteria
thuộc địa

quota Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a fixed limited amount or number that is officially allowed:
The country now has a quota on immigration.
FIGURATIVE The class contains the usual quota (= number) of troublemakers.
chỉ tiêu

incompatible Hide phonetics
adjective
not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences:
When we started living together we realized how incompatible we were - our interests were so different.
Maintaining quality is incompatible with increasing output.
Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.
ko hợp

apparently Hide phonetics
adverb
1 used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true:
Apparently it's going to rain today.
Apparently he's had enough of England and is going back to Australia.

2 used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was:
You know I told you Alice's party was on the 13th, well I saw her last night and apparently it's on the 14th.
She looks about 10 but apparently she's 14.
I thought they were married but apparently not (= they are not married).

3 used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain:
An eighty-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack (= an attack with no obvious purpose).
thấy rõ bên ngoài


plantation Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop is grown:
a tea/cotton/rubber plantation

2 an area where trees are grown for wood:
plantations of fast-growing conifers
vừon ưom

internal Hide phonetics
adjective
existing or happening inside a person, object, organization, place or country:
He sustained injuries to his arms, legs and several internal organs.
The bank conducted its own internal investigation into the robbery.
The government warned its neighbours not to interfere in its internal affairs.
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