| 单词 | supergovernment |
| 释义 | supergovernment in British English (ˈsuːpəˌɡʌvəmənt, ˈsuːpəˌɡʌvənmənt) noun a large, usually multinational, overarching government, incorporating or connected to a number of governments, such as the EU supergovernment in American English (ˈsuːpərˌɡʌvərnmənt, -ˌɡʌvərmənt) noun 1. a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace 2. an internationally organized body designed to regulate the relations of its member states 3. any government having overwhelming and far-reaching powers Word origin [super- + government]super- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning“above, beyond.” Words formed with super- have the following general senses: “to place or be placed above or over” (superimpose; supersede), “a thing placed over or added to another” (superscript; superstructure; supertax), “situated over” (superficial; superlunary) and, more figuratively, “an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customarynorms or levels” (superalloy; superconductivity; superman; superstar), “an individual or thing larger, more powerful, or with wider application than othersof its kind” (supercomputer; superhighway; superpower; supertanker), “exceeding the norms or limits of a given class” (superhuman; superplastic), “having the specified property to a great or excessive degree” (supercritical; superfine; supersensitive), “to subject to (a physical process) to an extreme degree or in an unusual way”(supercharge; supercool; supersaturate), “a category that embraces a number of lesser items of the specified kind” (superfamily; supergalaxy), “a chemical compound with a higher proportion than usual of a given constituent”(superphosphate) |
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