Dominion
[də'mɪnjən] or [də'mɪnɪən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth.
(noun.) dominance or power through legal authority; 'France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa'; 'the rule of Caesar'.
盖尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
(n.) Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
(n.) That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
(n.) A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.
格温多林手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Sway, command, rule, government, supremacy, domination, mastery, ascendancy, control, sovereignty, sovereign authority.[2]. Territory, region, country.
杰里米整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Power, authority, rule, tyranny, despotism, government, control, empire, sway,realm, territory, jurisdiction
ANT:Weakness, submission, subjugation, Inferiority, servitude
整理:纳撒尼尔
解釋/意思:
n. lordship: highest power and authority: control: the country or persons governed esp. the Dominion of Canada: (pl. B.) a class of angelic spirits (Col. i. 16).—n. Domin′ium the ownership of a thing.—Dominion Day a Canadian festival on the anniversary of the union of the provinces 1st July 1867.
格里菲思校對
例句/造句/用法:
- But being neglected by Sweden, it was soon swallowed up by the Dutch colony of New York, which again, in 1674, fell under the dominion of the English. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired dominion. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- South Italy and Sicily, however, remained under foreign dominion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How much time she might, in her own fancy, allot for its dominion, is another concern. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Under the present system of management, therefore, Great Britain derives nothing but loss from the dominion which she assumes over her colonies. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- What, if the more potent of these fraternal deities should obtain dominion over it? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I tell you, I will be king in my own domains, and nowhere else; and my first act of dominion shall be to hang the Abbot. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The enormous importance of such a machine began to be appreciated at the beginning of the century, and it set cotton up as a King whose dominion has extended across the seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- For some generations Alexander the Great was for mankind the symbol and embodiment of world order and world dominion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The government of that country, at that time under the dominion of Spain, prohibited, in return, the importation of English woollens. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They seldom acknowledged themselves subject to the dominion of the mother city. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- With animals I feel I am Adam's son, the heir of him to whom dominion was given over 'every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- God made him to have dominion over the works of his hands, and put all things under his feet. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Ferguson said, further, that the Pope permits no ancient work of this kind to leave his dominions. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Many of their dominions were less both in size and value than the larger estates of the British nobility. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In Britain, England carried on her back the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, Scotland, the profoundly alien Welsh and the hostile and Catholic Irish. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But it must be observed, that this island cannot move beyond the extent of the dominions below, nor can it rise above the height of four miles. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Let those who went up through Spain make the best of it --these dominions of the Emperor of Morocco suit our little party well enough. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- By the terms of this peace, all Sicily, except for the dominions of Hiero of Syracuse, became an estate of the Roman people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The dominions of the emperor Tai-tsung (627), the second Tang monarch, extended southward into Annam and westward to the Caspian Sea. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Two from the outer world are at large within the dominions of the therns. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- They universally, therefore, established the reformation in their own dominions. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Usurpers, rebellious generals, and false prophets seemed to have vanished from the Moslem dominions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They established dominions of a similar sort. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But I had another reason, which made me less forward to enlarge his majesty's dominions by my discoveries. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The dominions of the Duke of Normandy, for example, were more extensive and more powerful than the patrimony of Hugh Capet. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
整理:薇尔玛