N-COUNT 祖国(尤指德国) If someone is very proud of the country where they or their ancestors were born, they sometimes refer to it as the fatherland. The word fatherland is particularly associated with Germany.
They were willing to serve the fatherland in its hour of need. 他们愿意在祖国需要的时候为她效力。
Hence, their fatherlands were ennobled by it and they became prosperous. 他们的祖国因而与有荣焉,他们并因此而昌盛。
The euro crisis has already strengthened the trend towards a Europe des patries the Europe of Fatherlands that General de Gaulle always wanted. 欧元区危机强化了欧洲朝着“祖国的欧罗巴(europedespatries)”方向演进的趋势,这一直是戴高乐将军(generaldegaulle)的希望。