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单词 dominion
释义
dominion
noun
formal
uk
/dəˈmɪn.jən/us
/dəˈmɪn.jən/
[U]
controlover acountryorpeople:
控制；统治；支配
Godhasdominionover(=controls)all hiscreatures.上帝主宰着他创造的一切生灵。
Napoleondreamedofachievingglobaldominion.
[C]
thelandthatbelongsto aruler:
领地
The chief'ssonwouldinheritall his dominions.首领的儿子将继承他的所有领地。
The HanoverianmonarchswantedtoprotecttheirGermandominions from Prussia.
[C]
acountrythatbelongedin the past to the British Empire:
Theyaskedwhether thefutureof Canada was to be a dominion within the British Empire.
InformerBritish dominions likeIndia, Singapore, and Hong Kong,imperialismhasleftalastinglegacy.
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(Definition ofdominionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
dominion
noun
formal
uk
/dəˈmɪn.jən/us
/dəˈmɪn.jən/
[U]
controlover acountryorpeople
控制；统治；支配
Godhasdominionover(=controls)all hiscreatures.上帝主宰着他创造的一切生灵。
[C]
thelandthatbelongsto aruler
领地
The chief'ssonwouldinheritall his dominions.首领的儿子将继承他的所有领地。

dominion| American Dictionary

dominion
noun[C/U]
us
/dəˈmɪn·jən/
controlover acountryorpeople, or thelandthatbelongsto aruler:
[U]Thecollapseof Spain’sempirepreparedthe way for Britain’s dominion over theseas.
(Definition ofdominionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdominion

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The remaining chapters assess how the metropolis attempted to re-establish control over its dominions and examine the settlers' responses to these various initiatives.
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She wished so far as possible to respect in her dominions the rights of the provincial estates, the greatest bastions of resistance to change.
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The importance in many parts of his dominions of institutions intermediate between ruler and subject he underestimated grossly almost to the end of his reign.
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The dominions office and the colonial office opposed a thorough embargo because this could damage export industries in the dominions and the colonies.
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One could easily imagine that a ruler who entered his hereditary dominions at a time of the greatest confusion had a great deal of work ahead of him.
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The mutual service inspired by love is inhospitable to the heterogeneities, the hierarchies and differences, of politicaldominion.
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His was a modern reflection of the king's majesty anddominion, though (officially, at least) not his divinity.
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Dialects (not registers) can have a holistic regionaldominion.
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When they lost the ability to make these distinctions, they lost one of the keys to their enduringdominion.
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The liberals sawdominionas legitimating labour service in a situation where access to labour and municipal revenues were limited.
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A claim ofdominionwas used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service.
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Accepting the town's claim todominionhelped communities safeguard their lands and a degree of autonomy.
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At the same time, it was difficult, if not dangerous, to deny the developing sense ofdominionidentity.
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Can anyone point to a single instance where this kind of joint dominions has succeeded?
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We in the dominions will have no reason to quarrel with anybody.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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