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)
banana republic的用法和樣例:
例句
I think the incompetence of the banana republic small tyrants, just as it has caused trouble, has saved us from worse situations. 當我思考這個香蕉共和國里的小獨裁者的不適任時,只記得起他造成的麻煩,和把我們從糟糕的情況裡帶出來。