In the second, America acquired colonies and protectorates around the Pacific and the Caribbean.

第二阶段，美国获得了沿太平洋和加勒比海沿岸的殖民地和保护领地。

They all signed "mutual assistance" pacts making them virtual protectorates of the Soviet Union.

他们都签署了使自己几乎受制于苏联的“互惠条约”。

It consisted of a vast number of protectorates, Crown colonies, spheres of influence, and self-governing dominions. It included 25% of the world's population and area.

到1900年英国已建立了“日不落”的大英帝国，包括受保护国、英国殖民地、势力范围和自治领，占世界人口与面积的25%。

By 1900, Britain had built up a big empire, "on which the sun never set". It consisted of a vast number of protectorates, Crown colonies, spheres of influence, and self-governing dominions.

到1900年英国已建立了“日不落”的大英帝国，包括受保护国、英国殖民地、势力范围和自治领，占世界人口与面积的25%。