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单词 supranational
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Definition of supranational in English:

supranational

adjective ˌsuːprəˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌsjuːprəˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌsuprəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l
  • Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments.

    supranational law
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Commission is no stranger to criticism from those who don't like its decisions, and competition policy is arguably its most visible supranational power.
    • She warned that granting powers to the supranational institutions would lead to a ‘European super-state’.
    • This is because the EU has now reproduced the lack of transparency and distance from popular participation which is typical of these supranational organisations.
    • We must break the present supranational controls over nation-states, by the financial oligarchy.
    • The other pins its hopes on the transformative power of a supranational politics that will gradually catch up with runaway markets.
    • While initially established by national governments, supranational EU institutions develop a degree of autonomy from the control of governments.
    • The defining characteristic of our age is not a shift of power upward, to supranational institutions, but downward.
    • At what levels should these forums exist - local, national, or supranational?
    • This is why supranational institutions such as the European Union are so important.
    • Thus, the EU is a crossroads where subnational, national, supranational, and international policy-making all intersect.
    • The massive influence of the US within supranational institutions is also pointed out for the attention of the discerning reader.
    • More often than not, efforts to knit national economies into one supranational whole fall victim to obstructionism.
    • By this they mean ‘the multinational corporations, the supranational institutions and the other dominant nation-states’.
    • The template constituted a form of supranational policy-making, in which powers were transferred from the national to the EU level.
    • The ECB is a unique supranational organization with powers far beyond what we could have imagined sovereign states would delegate to such an institution.
    • Effective supranational laws and bodies are needed.

Derivatives

  • supranationalism

  • noun
    • Majority voting is a key instrument of supranationalism because member states on the losing side agree to abide by the majority's decision.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For decades the biggest debate in the EU has been between supranationalism and intergovernmentalism, staggeringly boring terms describing a very important difference.
      • Their plans were strikingly similar to the integration of nationalisms or what might more accurately be called the supranationalism of today's European Union.
      • Had it worked, this strategy would have returned the world to multipolarity through supranationalism.
      • The picture of strong supranationalism is wrong.
  • supranationality

  • nounˌsuːprənaʃ(ə)ˈnalɪti
    • Against federalist ambitions, Weiler maintains that supranationality does not strive for unity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With the end of supranationality, might it not be said that its advocates did the world a lot of damage?
      • A factor which weighs against supranationality is the burden of the past generated by the frustration of integration projects.
      • This sensitivity about sovereignty and supranationality is reflected by the official position on the new treaty.
      • Political debates over supranationality have cross-cut the main organizing lines of European politics to a striking degree.
 
 

Definition of supranational in US English:

supranational

adjectiveˌso͞oprəˈnaSH(ə)n(ə)lˌsuprəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l
  • Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments.

    supranational law
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By this they mean ‘the multinational corporations, the supranational institutions and the other dominant nation-states’.
    • The template constituted a form of supranational policy-making, in which powers were transferred from the national to the EU level.
    • This is why supranational institutions such as the European Union are so important.
    • At what levels should these forums exist - local, national, or supranational?
    • She warned that granting powers to the supranational institutions would lead to a ‘European super-state’.
    • More often than not, efforts to knit national economies into one supranational whole fall victim to obstructionism.
    • The Commission is no stranger to criticism from those who don't like its decisions, and competition policy is arguably its most visible supranational power.
    • Thus, the EU is a crossroads where subnational, national, supranational, and international policy-making all intersect.
    • This is because the EU has now reproduced the lack of transparency and distance from popular participation which is typical of these supranational organisations.
    • The ECB is a unique supranational organization with powers far beyond what we could have imagined sovereign states would delegate to such an institution.
    • Effective supranational laws and bodies are needed.
    • The other pins its hopes on the transformative power of a supranational politics that will gradually catch up with runaway markets.
    • While initially established by national governments, supranational EU institutions develop a degree of autonomy from the control of governments.
    • The massive influence of the US within supranational institutions is also pointed out for the attention of the discerning reader.
    • We must break the present supranational controls over nation-states, by the financial oligarchy.
    • The defining characteristic of our age is not a shift of power upward, to supranational institutions, but downward.
 
 
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