banana republic

常見例句

The trouble is that both Gap and Old Navy would sell at a discount because of their troubles, and the Fishers are unlikely to want to divest Banana Republic, their only healthy brand.
唯一的困難是蓋普和老海軍因其困境可能折價(jià)銷售，但費(fèi)舍爾夫婦不大可能售賣唯一一個(gè)狀況良好的的香蕉共和國(guó)。
On hearing her routine, Christopher Hitchens, a polemicist, remarked that “when comedians flatter the president, they become court jesters, and the country becomes a banana republic.”
而善辯的克里斯托弗·西欽斯則反唇相譏：“當(dāng)喜劇演員開始對(duì)總統(tǒng)極盡奉承，他們就成了宮廷小丑，我們的國(guó)家則成了香蕉共和國(guó)?！?/li>
Commenting on the transit of military cargoes bound for Afghanistan, Mr Ivanov said Russia wanted to control what was passing through its territory, because it was “not some banana republic”.
在評(píng)論運(yùn)往阿富汗的軍事物資時(shí)，伊萬(wàn)諾夫說，俄羅斯想要控制是什么東西經(jīng)過了它的領(lǐng)土，因?yàn)樗?“不是什么香蕉共和國(guó)”。

This San Francisco-based company has 5 primary brands: Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Piperlime.
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The retailer also plans to open its affordable luxury brand store Banana Republic in the region.
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Think of a coup d'etat and images of a far-flung banana republic likely come to mind.
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