| 释义 |
territory /'tentn US: -tan; 'tertori/ n (pl -ries) 1 [C, U] (area of) land, esp land under one ruler or Government: 领土： Turkish ~ in Europe. 土耳其在欧洲的领土。 2 [C] land or district; [U] extent of such land, etc: 土地; 地方; 区域; 此等土地商范围; 领域： This salesman travels over a large ~. 这位推销员旅行推销很大一个区域 oHow much ~ does he travel over? 他旅行的地方有多大？ Mating blackbirds will defend their ~ (= the area which they regard as belonging to themselves) against intruders. 山乌交配时不容许入侵者侵犯它们 (视为己有) 的领域。 3 (US) district not admitted as a State but having its own law-making body: (美) 属地;地方 (尙未成为一州，但有其立法机构)： Until 1959 Hawaii was a T~, not a State. 在 1959 年之前，夏威夷是一个属地, 不是一个州。 |