| 词汇 | dominion |
| 释义 | dominion noun formaluk /dəˈmɪn.jən/ us /dəˈmɪn.jən/ [ U ] control over a country or people: 控制；统治；支配 have dominion overGod has dominion over (= controls) all his creatures.上帝主宰着他创造的一切生灵。 Napoleon dreamed of achieving global dominion. [ C ] the land that belongs to a ruler: 领地 The chief's son would inherit all his dominions.首领的儿子将继承他的所有领地。 The Hanoverian monarchs wanted to protect their German dominions from Prussia. [ C ] a country that belonged in the past to the British Empire: They asked whether the future of Canada was to be a dominion within the British Empire. In former British dominions like India, Singapore, and Hong Kong, imperialism has left a lasting legacy. Power to control absolute authority ahold all's well that ends wellidiom all-powerful ascendancy authoritarianism discretionary girl power grip he who pays the piper calls the tune.idiom hegemonic implant power grab power structure power struggle power vacuum power-sharing the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldidiom the upper hand yoke You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Republics & kingdoms Colonization & self-government dominion | American Dictionarydominion noun[ C/U ] us/dəˈmɪn·jən/ control over a country or people, or the land that belongs to a ruler: [ U ]The collapse of Spain’s empire prepared the way for Britain’s dominion over the seas. Examples of dominiondominion The remaining chapters assess how the metropolis attempted to re-establish control over its dominions and examine the settlers' responses to these various initiatives. She wished so far as possible to respect in her dominions the rights of the provincial estates, the greatest bastions of resistance to change. The importance in many parts of his dominions of institutions intermediate between ruler and subject he underestimated grossly almost to the end of his reign. The dominions office and the colonial office opposed a thorough embargo because this could damage export industries in the dominions and the colonies. One could easily imagine that a ruler who entered his hereditary dominions at a time of the greatest confusion had a great deal of work ahead of him. The mutual service inspired by love is inhospitable to the heterogeneities, the hierarchies and differences, of political dominion. His was a modern reflection of the king's majesty and dominion, though (officially, at least) not his divinity. Dialects (not registers) can have a holistic regional dominion. When they lost the ability to make these distinctions, they lost one of the keys to their enduring dominion. The liberals saw dominion as legitimating labour service in a situation where access to labour and municipal revenues were limited. A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service. Accepting the town's claim to dominion helped communities safeguard their lands and a degree of autonomy. At the same time, it was difficult, if not dangerous, to deny the developing sense of dominion identity. Can anyone point to a single instance where this kind of joint dominions has succeeded? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We in the dominions will have no reason to quarrel with anybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dominion These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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