soviet

noun
🔊/ˈsəʊviət/, 🔊/ˈsɒviət/
🔊/ˈsəʊviet/, 🔊/ˈsɑːviət/
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  1. [countable] an elected local, district or national council in the former USSR苏维埃(苏联的各级代表会议)
  2. the Soviets
    [plural] (especially North American English) the people of the former USSR苏联人
  3. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Russian sovet ‘council’.

Soviet

adjective
🔊/ˈsəʊviət/, 🔊/ˈsɒviət/
🔊/ˈsəʊviet/, 🔊/ˈsɑːviət/
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with the former USSR苏联的
    • Soviet Russia苏俄
    • Soviet troops苏军
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySoviet is used with these nouns:
    • bloc
    • communism
    • era
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