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The trouble is that both Gap and Old Navy would sell at a discount because of their troubles, and the Fishers are unlikely to want to divest Banana Republic, their only healthy brand.
唯一的困难是盖普和老海军因其困境可能折价销售，但费舍尔夫妇不大可能售卖唯一一个状况良好的的香蕉共和国。
On hearing her routine, Christopher Hitchens, a polemicist, remarked that “when comedians flatter the president, they become court jesters, and the country becomes a banana republic.”
而善辩的克里斯托弗·西钦斯则反唇相讥：“当喜剧演员开始对总统极尽奉承，他们就成了宫廷小丑，我们的国家则成了香蕉共和国。”
Commenting on the transit of military cargoes bound for Afghanistan, Mr Ivanov said Russia wanted to control what was passing through its territory, because it was “not some banana republic”.
在评论运往阿富汗的军事物资时，伊万诺夫说，俄罗斯想要控制是什么东西经过了它的领土，因为它可 “不是什么香蕉共和国”。

This San Francisco-based company has 5 primary brands: Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Piperlime.
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The retailer also plans to open its affordable luxury brand store Banana Republic in the region.
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Think of a coup d'etat and images of a far-flung banana republic likely come to mind.
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a small country, especially in South and Central America, that is poor, corrupt, and badly ruled

Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.