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词汇 overseas-territory
释义 overseas territory
noun[ C ]
uk /əʊ.vəˌsiːz ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ us /oʊ.vɚˌsiːz ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
an area that is politically controlled by a country that is far away from it:
The Royal Navy is responsible for defending the UK's home waters and overseas territories.
New Caledonia is a French overseas territory, one of three in the South Pacific.
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crown colony
British citizens do not automatically have the right to live and work in one of Britain's overseas territories.
The National Assembly had no minority members from continental France; it had a few representing overseas territories.
Companies based in British overseas territories such as Bermuda and the Virgin Islands do invest there.
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