states' rights
noun[U]
uk/ˌsteɪts ˈraɪts/us/ˌsteɪts ˈraɪts/thepowersandauthoritythat are neitherheldby thefederalgovernmentnorforbiddenby theconstitutionof the US and thatthereforebelongto thestategovernments
（美国）州政府所辖权力Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- influence
- ingrain
- lever
- leverage
- power vacuum
- predominance
- puissance
- pull
- redetermination
- sway
- tooth
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