dominion

英 [dəˈmɪniən]

美 [dəˈmɪniən]

n.  统治(权); 管辖; 支配; 领土; 版图; 英联邦自治领

复数：dominions　

TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.10249 / COCA.14454

牛津词典

noun

• 统治（权）；管辖；支配
  authority to rule; control
  1. Man has dominion over the natural world.
     人类拥有对自然界的统治权。
  2. Soon the whole country was under his sole dominion.
     不久，他便独揽了整个国家的大权。
• 领土；版图
  an area controlled by one ruler
  1. the vast dominions of the Roman Empire
     罗马帝国的广阔版图
• 英联邦自治领
  any of the countries of the British Commonwealth that had their own government

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 控制;统治(权);支配(权)
  Dominionis control or authority.
  1. They truly believe they have dominion over us.
     他们真的以为他们对我们有统治权。
• N-COUNT 领土;版图;领地
  Adominionis an area of land that is controlled by a ruler.
  1. The Republic is a dominion of the Brazilian people.
     这个共和国是巴西人民的领土。
• (旧时的)英联邦自治领
  The Dominionswere the nations which in the past were part of the British Empire but which had their own government.

英英释义

noun

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  Synonym:districtterritoryterritorial dominion
• dominance or power through legal authority
  1. France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
  2. the rule of Caesar
  Synonym:rule

双语例句

• Everywhere we find kings seeking to extend their dominion over both neighboring territories and their own vassals.
  国王们到处扩张自己的势力，激励加强对邻国和属下封臣们的控制。
• If you thought fur was the dominion of women only, you thought wrong.
  若你认为皮草只专属于女士，那就大错特错了。
• At that time the island was under foreign dominion.
  当时该岛是在外国的统治之下。
• The idea that man is ruining god's dominion could yet become the biggest culture war of all.
  那种认为人类正在破坏上帝的权威的观点可能成为最大的文化冲突。
• And his dominion will be from sea to sea.
  他的统治将跨越几个大海。
• They have a plan for the achievement of world dominion.
  他们打算统治全世界。
• They now had virtually undisputed dominion over a large part of southern india.
  他们此时几乎取得了对印度南方大片地区的绝对统治权。
• Political dominion paved the way for the destruction of the traditional industries.
  政治统治权为消灭传统行业铺平了道路。
• You see on earth the dominion of good and truth, but I don't see it.
  你们看见地球上的真与善的王国，而我却看不见它。
• Universal dominion, therefore, at last rested with the people who practised this art& with the romans;
  因此，世界的统治权最终便落入了深谙此道的人即罗马人之手；