英语词汇“territory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	territory
释义	ter·ri·to·ry I. \ˈterəˌtōrē, -ōri, -ȯr-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin territorium land around a town, district, territory, probably from terri- (from terra land) + -torium (as in praetorium) — more at terrace 1. a. : a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a political authority < defeated the German armies on their home territory — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich > < out-of-town police … questioned him about several similar murders in their territories — E.D.Radin > b. : an administrative subdivision of a country < the 15 republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are divided into 128 territories and regions > c. : an organized portion of a country not yet admitted to statehood < Minnesota became a territory in 1849 — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < Mexico is divided into 29 states, 1 federal district … and 2 territories — Statesman's Year Book > d. : a geographical area (as a colonial possession) dependent upon an external government but having some degree of autonomy < the status of France's third North African territory will be challenged — Mario Rossi > — compare trust territory e. Scots law : the district subject to the jurisdiction of a court or judge : jurisdiction 2. a. (1) : a geographical area of indeterminate extent : region, tract < in Virginia … there were large territories of unsettled lands — R.B.Taney > (2) : land, terrain < without their mustangs Texas cowboys could never have covered so much territory — S.E.Fletcher > (3) : an area of specified potential < some of the state's best fish and game territory — American Guide Series: Vermont > < huge accumulations of … clouds that made perfect ambush territory for pilots — Ira Wolfert > b. : an area of knowledge or special interest : field, ground < the large adjoining territories of social and economic history — Franz Philipp > < that question covers a lot of territory — Magazine of Wall Street > c. : a specified area (as of the body) < stuck soda straws up each nostril … while we poured plaster over his surrounding facial territory — Beverly Smith > 3. : an assigned or preempted area: as a. : the area defended by an athletic team < a brilliant 52-yard dash … moved Ohio State from deep in its own territory into striking position — New York Times > b. : a geographic area to which a salesman or distributor confines his commercial activities c. : the largest administrative unit of the Salvation Army usually comprising a country or group of countries d. : an area usually including the nesting or denning site and a variable foraging range that is preempted by an individual male (as a bird or mammal) and defended against the intrusion of rival individuals — compare home range Synonyms: see field II. noun or go with the territory • - come with the territory
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