单词 | dominion |
释义 | do·min·ion 1. a. < 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. < 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. < 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. 3. a. b. < the dominions of a king > c. 4. dominions plural 5. often capitalized < 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. Synonyms: see power |
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