territory 音标拼音: [t'ɛrɪt
, ɔri]
n . 领土,领地,版图,地区,活动范围
领土,领地,版图,地区,活动范围
territory 责任区
territory n 1 :
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes [
synonym : {
district }, {
territory }, {
territorial dominion },
{
dominion }]
2 :
an area of knowledge or interest ; "
his questions covered a lot of territory "
3 :
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state ; "
American troops were stationed on Japanese soil "
[
synonym : {
territory }, {
soil }]
Territory \
Ter "
ri *
to *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Territories }. [
L .
territorium ,
from terra the earth :
cf .
F .
territoire .
See {
Terrace }.]
1 .
A large extent or tract of land ;
a region ;
a country ;
a district .
[
1913 Webster ]
He looked ,
and saw wide territory spread Before him --
towns ,
and rural works between .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The extent of land belonging to ,
or under the dominion of ,
a prince ,
state ,
or other form of government ;
often ,
a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government ;
as ,
the territory of a State ;
the territories of the East India Company .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
In the United States ,
a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State ,
and not yet admitted as a State into the Union ,
but organized with a separate legislature ,
under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States .
In Canada ,
a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province .
[
1913 Webster ]
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "
territory ":
Kreis ,
Lebensraum ,
acres ,
air space ,
airspace ,
alluvion ,
alluvium ,
ally ,
ambit ,
arable land ,
archbishopric ,
archdiocese ,
archduchy ,
archdukedom ,
area ,
arrondissement ,
back country ,
bailiwick ,
belt ,
bishopric ,
body politic ,
borough ,
buffer state ,
canton ,
captive nation ,
champaign ,
chieftaincy ,
chieftainry ,
city ,
city -
state ,
clay ,
clear space ,
clearance ,
clearing ,
clod ,
colony ,
commonweal ,
commonwealth ,
commune ,
confines ,
congressional district ,
constablewick ,
constituency ,
continental shelf ,
corridor ,
country ,
county ,
crust ,
demesne ,
departement ,
department ,
desert ,
diocese ,
dirt ,
distant prospect ,
district ,
division ,
domain ,
dominion ,
dry land ,
duchy ,
dukedom ,
dust ,
earldom ,
earth ,
electoral district ,
electorate ,
empery ,
empire ,
empty view ,
environs ,
footing ,
free city ,
freehold ,
glade ,
glebe ,
government ,
grand duchy ,
grassland ,
ground ,
hamlet ,
heartland ,
hinterland ,
hundred ,
kingdom ,
land ,
landholdings ,
lithosphere ,
living space ,
magistracy ,
mandant ,
mandate ,
mandated territory ,
mandatee ,
mandatory ,
marginal land ,
marl ,
metropolis ,
metropolitan area ,
milieu ,
mold ,
nation ,
nationality ,
neighborhood ,
oblast ,
offshore rights ,
okrug ,
open country ,
open space ,
orbit ,
outback ,
parish ,
part ,
parts ,
patch ,
place ,
plain ,
polis ,
polity ,
possession ,
power ,
prairie ,
precinct ,
precincts ,
premises ,
principality ,
principate ,
protectorate ,
province ,
puppet government ,
puppet regime ,
purlieu ,
purlieus ,
quarter ,
real estate ,
real property ,
realm ,
region ,
regolith ,
republic ,
riding ,
salient ,
satellite ,
section ,
sector ,
seneschalty ,
settlement ,
sheriffalty ,
sheriffwick ,
shire ,
shrievalty ,
sod ,
soil ,
soke ,
sovereign nation ,
space ,
sphere ,
sphere of influence ,
stake ,
stamping ground ,
state ,
steppe ,
subaerial deposit ,
subsoil ,
sultanate ,
superpower ,
terra ,
terra firma ,
terrain ,
the country ,
three -
mile limit ,
toparchia ,
toparchy ,
topsoil ,
town ,
township ,
tract ,
turf ,
twelve -
mile limit ,
vantage ,
vicinage ,
vicinity ,
village ,
walk ,
wapentake ,
ward ,
wide -
open spaces ,
wilderness ,
woodland ,
zone TERRITORY .
Apart of a country ,
separated from the rest ,
and subject to a particular jurisdiction .
The word is derived from terreo ,
and is so called because the magistrate within his jurisdiction has the power of inspiring a salutary fear .
Dictum cat ab eo quod magistratus intra fines ejus terrendi jus habet .
Henrion de Pansy ,
Auth .
Judiciare ,
98 .
In speaking of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions ,
Francis Duaren observes ,
that the ecclesiastics are said not to have territory ,
nor the power of arrest or removal ,
and are not unlike the Roman magistrates of whom Gellius says vocationem habebant non prehensionem .
De Sacris Eccl .
Minist .
lib .
1 ,
cap .
4 .
In the sense it is used in the constitution of the United States ,
it signifies a portion of the country subject to and belonging to the United States ,
which is not within the boundary of any of them .
2 .
The constitution of the United States ,
art .
4 ,
s .
3 ,
provides ,
that "
the congress shall have power to dispose of ,
and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property of the United States ;
and nothing in this constitution shall be construed ,
so as to preclude the claims of the United States or of any state ."
3 .
Congress possesses the power to erect territorial governments within the territory of the United States ;
the power of congress over such territory is exclusive and universal ,
and their legislation is subject to no control ,
unless in the case of ceded territory ,
as far as it may be affected by stipulations in the cessions ,
or by the ordinance of 1787 ,
3 Story '
s L .
U .
S .
2073 ,
under which any part of it has been settled .
Story on the Const .
Sec .
1322 ;
Rawle on the Const :
237 ;
1 Kent '
s Com .
243 ,
359 ;
1 Pet .
S .
C .
Rep .
511 ,
542 ,
517 .
4 .
The only organized territories of the United States are Oregon ,
Minnesota ,
New Mexico and Utah .
Vide Courts of the United States .
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