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单词 self-governing
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Definition of self-governing in English:

self-governing

adjective ˌsɛlfˈɡʌv(ə)nɪŋ
  • 1Exercising control over one's own affairs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the promise of ‘the end of history’ to come true, competent self-governing institutions have to come into being.
    • He wanted to have a community that was as self-governing as possible.
    • As these atrocities were happening, the self-governing body within the ghetto collected and analysed the information and began preparing for resistance.
    • Political thinkers imagined the American family as a factory specifically designed to turn out self-governing citizens - something quite different from what other kinds of families did.
    • The Athenians were free men because they were collectively self-governing, although they lacked personal independence and civil liberties, and were expected to sacrifice their pleasures for the sake of the polis.
    • The AAUP has consistently held that academic freedom can be maintained only so long as faculty remain autonomous and self-governing.
    Synonyms
    independent, sovereign, autonomous, non-aligned, free
    1. 1.1 (of a British hospital or school) having opted out of local authority control.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Prime Minister's idea was to have a cadre of entrepreneurial, self-governing, independent hospitals operating freely within the NHS.
      • As a group of self-governing, state-funded schools, that took bright pupils from state primary schools, they were once a beacon of excellence.
      • Local authorities will play an even bigger role in the admission policies of the new self-governing state schools, it emerged yesterday.
      • Direct-grant schools were entirely self-governing and independent, but took pupils funded by the state.
      • Schools are now self-governing and what little is left to strategic planning is being hived off to Education Action Zones.
      • Staff at Princess Margaret Hospital have been rehearsing and refining their major incident plan since 1993, when the hospital became a self-governing trust.
    2. 1.2 (of a former colony or dependency) administering its own affairs.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • New Zealand became a self-governing colony of Britain in 1852, and was granted dominion status within the empire in 1907.
      • Canada, for instance, was for a hundred years a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.
      • The Faroe Islands are a self-governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark.
      • When representative government was introduced to Bermuda in 1620, it became a self-governing colony.
      • He also dealt with Southern Rhodesia, though it was still officially a self-governing colony.
      • The self-governing British colony may legalize casinos, although there is opposition to it.
      • It was seen as an historical occasion, marking the first time that soldiers of a self-governing Australian colony were to fight in an imperial war.
      • How could a colony be self-governing and still part of the empire?
      • Greenland is classified as a self-governing dependency and has been ruled by Denmark since 1721.
      • When the federation was terminated, Barbados reverted to its former status as a self-governing colony.
      • In 1910 the Union of South Africa, a self-governing dominion within the British Empire, was created.
      • Rapid economic development followed, the country becoming the crown colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1911 and a self-governing colony in 1923.
      • As a self-governing Dominion within the British Empire, New Zealand was not technically a sovereign state in 1939.
      • Until 1980, Rhodesia was an internally self-governing colony with its own legislature, civil service, armed forces, and police.
 
 

Definition of self-governing in US English:

self-governing

adjectiveˌself ˈɡəvərniNG
  • 1Exercising control over one's own affairs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The AAUP has consistently held that academic freedom can be maintained only so long as faculty remain autonomous and self-governing.
    • For the promise of ‘the end of history’ to come true, competent self-governing institutions have to come into being.
    • Political thinkers imagined the American family as a factory specifically designed to turn out self-governing citizens - something quite different from what other kinds of families did.
    • As these atrocities were happening, the self-governing body within the ghetto collected and analysed the information and began preparing for resistance.
    • He wanted to have a community that was as self-governing as possible.
    • The Athenians were free men because they were collectively self-governing, although they lacked personal independence and civil liberties, and were expected to sacrifice their pleasures for the sake of the polis.
    Synonyms
    independent, sovereign, autonomous, non-aligned, free
    1. 1.1 (of a British hospital or school) having opted out of local authority control.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Local authorities will play an even bigger role in the admission policies of the new self-governing state schools, it emerged yesterday.
      • The Prime Minister's idea was to have a cadre of entrepreneurial, self-governing, independent hospitals operating freely within the NHS.
      • Direct-grant schools were entirely self-governing and independent, but took pupils funded by the state.
      • Staff at Princess Margaret Hospital have been rehearsing and refining their major incident plan since 1993, when the hospital became a self-governing trust.
      • Schools are now self-governing and what little is left to strategic planning is being hived off to Education Action Zones.
      • As a group of self-governing, state-funded schools, that took bright pupils from state primary schools, they were once a beacon of excellence.
    2. 1.2 (of a former colony or dependency) administering its own affairs.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a self-governing Dominion within the British Empire, New Zealand was not technically a sovereign state in 1939.
      • The self-governing British colony may legalize casinos, although there is opposition to it.
      • Greenland is classified as a self-governing dependency and has been ruled by Denmark since 1721.
      • When representative government was introduced to Bermuda in 1620, it became a self-governing colony.
      • How could a colony be self-governing and still part of the empire?
      • When the federation was terminated, Barbados reverted to its former status as a self-governing colony.
      • The Faroe Islands are a self-governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark.
      • In 1910 the Union of South Africa, a self-governing dominion within the British Empire, was created.
      • New Zealand became a self-governing colony of Britain in 1852, and was granted dominion status within the empire in 1907.
      • Rapid economic development followed, the country becoming the crown colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1911 and a self-governing colony in 1923.
      • He also dealt with Southern Rhodesia, though it was still officially a self-governing colony.
      • Until 1980, Rhodesia was an internally self-governing colony with its own legislature, civil service, armed forces, and police.
      • Canada, for instance, was for a hundred years a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.
      • It was seen as an historical occasion, marking the first time that soldiers of a self-governing Australian colony were to fight in an imperial war.
 
 
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