英语词汇“dominion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	dominion
释义	do·min·ion \dəˈminyən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English dominioun, from Middle French dominion modification of Latin dominium — more at domain 1. a. : a supremacy in determining and directing the actions of others or in governing politically, socially, or personally : acknowledged ascendancy over human or nonhuman forces such as assures cogency in commanding or restraining and being obeyed : sovereignty < the federal government's claim of dominion over the resources of the marginal sea > < I became profoundly conscious of the dominion of unalterable law — John Buchan > < theorists who suggested that man had dominion over the environment through his intellect — S.F.Mason > b. : the exercise of such supremacy or ascendancy : rule < little people striving to free themselves from the dominion of their oppressors > < of the way young people should look, and of the things they should do, under the dominion of the passion — George Meredith > c. : preponderant or overriding influence : dominance < the fact is that the free dominion of the mind and of art has never been achieved in capitalist democracy — J.T.Farrell > < neither in their lives nor their work were they able to escape the dream's dominion — Leo Marx > < he possessed, superlatively, that air of dominion by which it is possible to single out the stage favorite — Osbert Sitwell > 2. : something that is subject to sovereignty or control 3. a. : the estate or domain of a feudal lord b. : a territory or country subject to a ruler or under the control of a particular government < the dominions of a king > c. : the special realm of activity or influence of a particular branch of art or knowledge : domain 4. dominions plural : an order of angels — see celestial hierarchy 5. often capitalized : one of the self-governing, autonomous states within the British Commonwealth equal in status with the United Kingdom and with each other < as far as the world of states is concerned, Dominion status is tantamount to statehood — H.M.Clokie > < born in reaction against colonial inferiority, Dominion nationalism was promptly stimulated by the advances in autonomy and in turn furthered these advances — Alexander Brady > 6. : absolute ownership : dominium Synonyms: see power
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