dominion

英 [dəˈmɪniən]

美 [dəˈmɪniən]

n. 统治(权); 管辖; 支配; 领土; 版图; 英联邦自治领

复数：dominions　

Collins.1 / BNC.10249 / COCA.14454

牛津词典

noun

统治（权）；管辖；支配
authority to rule; control
1. Man has dominion over the natural world.
  人类拥有对自然界的统治权。
2. Soon the whole country was under his sole dominion.
  不久，他便独揽了整个国家的大权。
领土；版图
an area controlled by one ruler
1. the vast dominions of the Roman Empire
  罗马帝国的广阔版图
英联邦自治领
any of the countries of the British Commonwealth that had their own government

N-UNCOUNT 控制;统治(权);支配(权)
Dominionis control or authority.
1. They truly believe they have dominion over us.
  他们真的以为他们对我们有统治权。
N-COUNT 领土;版图;领地
Adominionis an area of land that is controlled by a ruler.
1. The Republic is a dominion of the Brazilian people.
  这个共和国是巴西人民的领土。
(旧时的)英联邦自治领
The Dominionswere the nations which in the past were part of the British Empire but which had their own government.

noun

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Synonym:districtterritoryterritorial dominion
dominance or power through legal authority
1. France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
2. the rule of Caesar
Synonym:rule

If there be no contract, the dominion is in the mother.
如果没有定立契约，那管辖权就属于母亲。
The southern state of Virginia is called the Old Dominion.
在弗吉尼亚州南部被称为老自治领。
Managing risk is not the exclusive dominion of bankers and venture capitalist.
管理风险并不是银行家和风险资本家的专利。
If you thought fur was the dominion of women only, you thought wrong.
若你认为皮草只专属于女士，那就大错特错了。
The Irish Free State came into being as a British dominion in 1922.
1922年爱尔兰自由国家成为不列颠的一个自治领。
They have a plan for the achievement of world dominion.
他们打算统治全世界。
The colonists were finally freed from the dominion of the oppressors.
殖民地人民终于摆脱了压迫者的统治。
Universal dominion, therefore, at last rested with the people who practised this art& with the romans;
因此，世界的统治权最终便落入了深谙此道的人即罗马人之手；
And his dominion will be from sea to sea.
他的统治将跨越几个大海。
God has dominion over all his creatures.
上帝对他所有的造物都有支配权。