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

territory /terˈə- or terˈi-tə-ri, -tri/

noun

Possessions in land

The whole, or a portion, of the land belonging to a state

(also with cap) part of a confederation with an organized government but not yet admitted to statehood

(also with cap) a dependency

A region

A jurisdiction

A field of activity

Domain

An area in which an agent, commercial traveller, etc works

An area that an animal or bird treats as its own

The area defended by a team or player (sport)

ORIGIN: L territōrium, domain of a town, perh not orig connected with terra

territoˈrial adjective

Constituting, concerned with or relating to territory

Limited or restricted to a particular territory

(esp of an animal, bird, etc) inclined to establish its own stretch of territory and defend it

noun

A soldier in the Territorial Army

territoˈrialism noun

A social system in which the landowning class is dominant

Organization on a territorial basis

The theory of church government according to which the civil power is supreme over the church

Territoriality

territōˈrialist noun

territorialˈity noun

Territorial status
An animal's or bird's tendency to establish and defend its own territory

territorializāˈtion or territorialisāˈtion noun

territoˈrialize or territoˈrialise transitive verb

To make a territory of
To make territorial
To put on a territorial basis
To enlarge (a country) by adding more territory

territoˈrially adverb

terrˈitoried adjective

Having territory

Territorial Army noun

The name (1920–67, and from 1979) of the voluntary military force organized on a territorial basis, founded in 1908 as the Territorial Force, and known (1967–79) as the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

territorial imperative noun

The need, in vertebrate animals, to occupy and defend a particular area

territorial waters plural noun

That part of the sea reckoned as part of the adjacent state, orig within a three-mile limit