Sovereign
['sɒvrɪn] or ['sɑvrən]
解释:
(noun.) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
(adj.) greatest in status or authority or power; 'a supreme tribunal' .
校对:莫利--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
(a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
(a.) Princely; royal.
(a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
(a.) Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
(n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
(n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
(n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
巴纳德编辑
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Supreme, regal, royal, imperial, monarchical.[2]. Chief, predominant, principal.[3]. Efficacious, effectual.
n. Monarch, autocrat, potentate, despot, king, emperor, prince, lord, queen, supreme ruler.
约西亚整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Paramount, supreme, primary, chief, certain, efficacious, principal,predominant, superior, imperial, regal
ANT:Inferior, ministerial, subservient, subordinate, subject, secondary, weak,uncertain, inefficient, inefficacious
辛迪校对
解释:
adj. supreme: possessing supreme power or dominion: superior to all others: utmost: most efficacious—(Milt.) Sov′ran.—n. a supreme ruler: a monarch: a gold coin=20s.—v.t. to rule over as a sovereign.—adj. Sov′ereignest (Shak.) most effectual.—adv. Sov′ereignly in a sovereign manner: in the highest degree: supremely.—n. Sov′ereignty supreme power: dominion.
录入:特德
娱乐性解释:
To dream of a sovereign, denotes increasing prosperity and new friends.
整理:诺拉
例句:
- I would offer you a sovereign for the use of a bicycle. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- But the revenue of the sovereign does not, in any part of Europe, arise chiefly from a land tax or land rent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- In those days the principal expense of the sovereign seems to have consisted in the maintenance of his own family and household. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- He made war according to his own discretion, frequently against his neighbours, and sometimes against his sovereign. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But I'll have a sovereign on with you, just to teach you not to be obstinate. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- This country vendor of hair was to become one of the world’s great inventors, and to kneel before his sovereign for the accolade that was to make him knight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- No incitement to the attention of the sovereign can ever counterbalance the smallest discouragement to that of the landlord. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I have advanced to a certain distance, as far as the true and sovereign and undegraded nature of my kind permits; now here I stand rooted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Again, what community is it that is to own the collective property; is it to be the sovereign or the township or the county or the nation or mankind? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- There must be something, too, in its dews which heals with sovereign balm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The greater the revenue of the people, therefore, the greater the annual produce of their land and labour, the more they can afford to the sovereign. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The incapacity of the sovereign had developed the powers of the premier. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Hence the degradation which the Colonel had almost suffered, of being obliged to enter the presence of his Sovereign in a hack cab. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- All the ancient sovereigns of Europe, accordingly, it has already been observed, had treasures. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- As sovereigns, their interest is exactly the same with that of the country which they govern. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The rent of the crown lands constituted for a long time the greater part of the revenue of the ancient sovereigns of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He thrust his hand into a side-pocket; and producing a canvas bag, told out twenty-five sovereigns on the table, and pushed them over to the woman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Down went another of the reddleman's sovereigns against his first one which Wildeve laid. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Treasure-trove was, in these times, considered as no contemptible part of the revenue of the greatest sovereigns in Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Well, when sovereigns were flying about, why shouldn't he catch a few? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But a company of merchants, are, it seems, incapable of considering themselves as sovereigns, even after they have become such. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They can be turned into sovereigns at any moment. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The right of conquest may be considered as a third source of the title of sovereigns. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Doodle has found that he must throw himself upon the country, chiefly in the form of sovereigns and beer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
录入:温德尔