| 单词 | sovereign |
| 释义 | sov·er·eign I. also sov·ran 1. a. (1) < the sovereign … is not himself bound by the law since the law is what he declares it to be — J.H.Hallowell > (2) (3) < a controversy between two sovereigns … the United States on the one hand and the state of California on the other — U.S. Code > b. c. < cupid … the anointed sovereign of sighs and groans — Shakespeare > < the true sovereigns of a country are those who determine … its modes of thinking — Van Wyck Brooks > < the rose, sovereign among flowers > 2. a. b. II. also sovran 1. a. < the king could not be sovereign if there were any immunities … outside his jurisdiction — Christopher Morris > < in the case of Palestine, the United Nations, for a brief period of history, was able to act as a sovereign agent — A.S.Eban > b. < the sovereign power of the pope over all forms of secular authority — G.H.Sabine > c. < a sovereign state > < a move to unify command of the separate and sovereign armed services > < the right of each individual to be a sovereign personality — Geoffrey Bruun > 2. a. < in … literary style the sovereign virtue for the judge is clearness — B.N.Cardozo > < promote … the sovereign good of the community — George Grote > b. < their sovereign sense of humor, never minding the joke that is turned against themselves — Sir Winston Churchill > < the veneration and respect due a sovereign creative genius — Roland Gelatt > c. (1) < diphtheria antitoxin is a specific and sovereign remedy when given in sufficient amounts during the first 24 hours — K.F.Maxcy > (2) < special facets of past human culture remain potentially sovereign for our current ills — H.H.Watts > d. < kissed the feet of their conquerors, but in sovereign contempt — Vincent Sheean > e. < in recasting the … old theology, Calvin accepted as a sovereign conception the idea of God as arbitrary and absolute will — V.L.Parrington > 3. < a sovereign right > < sovereign equality > Synonyms: see dominant, free |
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