dominion

/dә'minjәn/ uk　 词频 #14454

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dominion 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 领土, 主权, 统治

[法] 统治权, 主权, 统治

英文释义

n. dominance or power through legal authority

n. one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

dominion 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 dominion 在自然语境里怎么用：

Canada had become a self-governing dominion within the British Empire nearly six decades earlier but wouldn’t gain full legal independence until 1931.

—— An Eccentric Tycoon Left a Fortune to the Winner of a Baby-Making Contest. The Great Stork Derby Divided Canadians During the Great Depression

Here we were, 80 individuals with a combined net worth that was greater than a small city’s yet infinitesimal compared with the wealth and dominion of our host.

—— What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

That last paper also led me to discover that “rat hot plate test” is a standard phrase, and one that drives home what humanity’s dominion over nature means in practice.

—— Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen

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