| 单词 | territorial |
| 释义 | territorial (terɪtɔːriəl ) Word forms: territorials 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Territorial means concerned with the ownership of a particular area of land or water. It is the only republic which has no territorial disputes with the others. The two countries dispute each other's territorial claims to the islands. 2. countable noun [usu the N in pl] In Britain, the Territorials are the members of the Territorial Army. 3. adjective If you describe an animal or its behaviour as territorial, you mean that it has an area which it regards as its own, and which it defends when other animals try to enter it. Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour. Collocations: territorial control If they can sharpen their finishing and exert the same territorial control, dominating that middle third of the field, maybe they can pull off a shock. Times,Sunday Times Territorial control was established via the boot. Times, Sunday Times The visible foundations of their game are defence, territorial control and a capacity to turn opportunities into points. Times, Sunday Times Free from their loyalties to the pharaoh, local rulers began competing with each other for territorial control and political power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, its institutions remained very weak on account of a dearth of basic office equipment, lack of territorial control, and inability to raise tax revenue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There, the linear conflicts of territorial gain were replaced by 'war among the people', where battles erupt and melt away along civilian streets. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively the kick may be a long kick deep into opposition territory, sacrificing the chance to regain possession for territorial gain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All these are factors which reduce the ultimate importance of the enemy's immediate territorial gains. Times, Sunday Times Yet he needn't; a few of the group's showboat theatrics have made territorial gains for art, if not for the group. Times, Sunday Times Further territorial gains were made in the north and south-west in 1918. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The owls carefully police their territorial limits by vocalising in duets, a performance that they strike up at dusk and can continue through the night. Times,Sunday Times The laws of a nation may have extraterritorial impact extending the jurisdiction beyond the sovereign and territorial limits of that nation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No territorial limits were imposed on any of the companies, encouraging export. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was fought to establish the balance of nature and the territorial limits of every species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He considered the issue of territorial limits of jurisdiction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 领土的 Japanese: 土地の |
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