1. a continent of the northern hemisphere, separated from Africa to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and from Asia to the east roughly by the Bosporus, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Ural Mountains. Europe contains approximately 20 per cent of the world's population • 欧洲（南部有地中海将其与非洲隔开，东部大致由博斯普鲁斯海峡、高加索山脉和乌拉尔山脉将其与亚洲分开，人口约占世界人口的20%） the European Union • 欧盟 »the Prime Minister who took Britain into Europe. 带领英国加入欧盟的首相。 the mainland of continental Europe as distinct from the British Isles • 欧洲大陆 »A Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. 英国和欧洲大陆鸟类指南。
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1. Europe consists of the western part of the land mass of which Asia forms the eastern (and greater) part, and includes the British Isles, Iceland, and most of the Mediterranean islands. ItIts recent history has been dominated by the decline of European states from their former colonial and economic pre-eminence, the emergence of the European Union among the wealthy democracies of western Europe, and the collapse of the Soviet Union with consequent changes of power in central and eastern Europe