| 单词 | territorial imperative |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterritorial imperative territorial imperative n. (originally in animal behaviour) the need to claim and defend a territory; also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > territoriality > need for territorial imperative1966 1966 R. Ardrey (title) The territorial imperative. 1968 K. Lorenz in Harper's Mag. May 74 The ‘territorial imperative’ does much to explain the causes of war, such as the Arab-Israeli dispute, which I consider almost purely territorial. 1980 ‘C. Aird’ Passing Strange iv. 47 If any one single instinct came to the fore in Superintendent Leeyes it was the territorial imperative. 2010 D. J. Mattson & S. G. Clark in M. Hornocker et al. Cougar 242 If males remain territorial after castration, this indicates the territorial imperative is stronger than the reproductive imperative. < as lemmas |
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