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

• If there be no contract, the dominion is in the mother.
  如果没有定立契约，那管辖权就属于母亲。
• And cries:'Give me, thy child, dominion.
  “给我吧，你的孩子，”并高呼。
• Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
  因为知道基督既从死里复活，就不再死，死也不再作他的主了。
• 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；
• The Spanish had dominion over most of South america.
  西班牙人曾经统治过南美洲的大部分地区。
• The colonists were finally freed from the dominion of the oppressors.
  殖民地人民终于摆脱了压迫者的统治。
• They truly believe they have dominion over us.
  他们真的以为他们对我们有统治权。
• 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。
• To have dominion power a country.
  拥有统治一个国家的权力。
• 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。