Territory

['terɪt(ə)rɪ] or ['tɛrətɔri]

解释:

(noun.) an area of knowledge or interest; 'his questions covered a lot of territory'.

(noun.) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; 'American troops were stationed on Japanese soil'.

伊丽莎白编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

(n.) The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

(n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

录入:莱斯特

同义词及近义词：

n. Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Province, region, domain, country

艾迪整理

解释:

n. the extent of land around or belonging to a city or state: domain: (U.S.) a portion of the country not yet admitted as a State into the Union and still under a provisional government.—adj. Territō′rial pertaining to territory: limited to a district.—v.t. Territō′rialise to enlarge by addition of territory: to reduce to the state of a territory.—ns. Territō′rialism a theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people; Territorial′ity the possession of territory.—adv. Territō′rially.—adj. Terr′itoried possessed of territory.

录入:佩内洛普