1. 1/ˌterəˈtɔːriəl/領土的(國家之間);地盤性強的、有地盤意識的(人或動物)

    正式Relating to territory (land or area that belongs to someone, like a country). 'A territorial dispute' is an argument between countries about who owns a piece of land. It also describes an animal or person who feels very protective and about 'their' space - a dog can be territorial about its yard, and a person can be territorial about their desk at work.

    示範例句 · Example

    A committee was set up to deal with the territorial disputes in the area.

    逐字一個委員會被成立來處理這個地區的領土爭議。

    常見搭配

    • a territorial dispute

      領土爭議

      an argument between countries about who owns an area of land

      The two neighbours have a long territorial dispute over the border.

    • territorial waters

      領海

      the area of sea near a country's coast that it controls

      The ship was stopped inside Japanese territorial waters.

    • a territorial claim

      領土主張

      a country's statement that an area of land belongs to it

      Both governments dropped their territorial claims to the island.

    • territorial integrity

      領土完整

      a country's right to keep all of its land whole

      The agreement respects the territorial integrity of every member state.

    意思相反

    international

core核心畫面

組成territory + al (形容詞字尾)

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

territorialadj/ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/

  • 1

    Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.

  • 2

    Of or relating to geography or territory.

    • Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
    • Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.
  • 3

    Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.

  • 4

    biologynatural-sciencesDisplaying territoriality.

territorialnoun/ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/

  • 1

    A non-professional member of a territorial army.

    • The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.

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