a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
权威例句
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With luck, they will now remember that, and stop behaving like leaders of bananarepublics.
ECONOMIST: Central America??s border order
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For one arm of the government to target its most vociferous opponents is the sort of thing that happens in dodgy bananarepublics and failing democracies.
BBC: Sea of troubles for President Obama
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Such figures are the stock in trade of bananarepublics.