大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 buffer state


释义：

buffer state n. 缓冲国

例句：



Second, China wants to keep a zany North Korea as a buffer state.



It has propped up the Kims, if only to protect the buffer state that separates it from the American troops garrisoned in South Korea.



When India was allied with the Soviet Union, China and the United States supported Pakistan as a buffer state, reinforcing the neighbors' historical rivalry.



China has wanted to keep the North as a client and buffer state, but this may be a moment when it too begins to rethink its interests in Pyongyang.


In that despatch Mr Chun reportedly says some Chinese officials were willing to "face the new reality" that North Korea was of little value to China as a buffer state.