Principality
[,prɪnsɪ'pælɪtɪ] or [,prɪnsɪ'pæləti]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station.
(n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty.
(n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales.
布雷特整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The crusade saved the principality of Antioch for a time, but failed to retake Jerusalem. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Miss, do you know he was nothing in his own country, and had nothing but a small principality. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- One French representative did propose a separate vote for the little principality of Monaco. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A small band of alien herdsmen, says Sir Mark Sykes, wandering unchecked through crusades and counter-crusades, principalities, empires, and states. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There are lordships and principalities which are bought and sold, and some other intermediate forms of government. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- When great landed estates were a sort of principalities, entails might not be unreasonable. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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