territory [UK]/'ter.ɪ.tər.i/ [UK]/-tri/ [US]/-tɔ:r.i/ noun [C or U] AREA 领域 I * (an area of) land or sometimes sea, which is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country or person 领土;领域;领地;活动范围
1. He was shot down in enemy territory. 他在敌方领土上被击落。
2. The UN is sending aid to the occupied territories. 联合国正在向被占领地区提供援助。
* an area that an animal or person tries to control or thinks belongs to them 领域;地盘(某一动物或人想控制的、或认为属于其自己的区域)
1. The robin keeps other birds off that part of the garden - that's his territory. 这只知更鸟不许其他鸟进入花园的那块地方,那是它的领地。
[UK]/'ter.ɪ.tər.i/ [UK]/-tri/ [US]/-tɔ:r.i/ noun [C or U] SUBJECT 题材 * a subject that you know about or have experience in (知识等的)领域,范畴(你了解或有经验的学科)
1. The director is back onfamiliar territory with his latest film. 该导演的最新电影又转回到他所熟悉的题材上。
[UK]/'ter.ɪ.tər.i/ [UK]/-tri/ [US]/-tɔ:r.i/ noun [C or U] go/come with the territory * to be an expected fact or result of a particular situation or position 属于必然的结果,是难免的
1. The public attention that famous people get just goes with the territory. 公众关注名人是难免的。
柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - territory
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1.N-VAR 可变名词领土;领地Territory is land which is controlled by a particular country or ruler.
The government denies that any of its territory is under rebel control.
政府否认有领土被反叛分子所控制。
...Russian territory.
俄罗斯领土
2.N-COUNT 可数名词属地,地区,托管地(指被别国控制的国家或地区) A territory is a country or region that is controlled by another country.
They just want to return to their families in the occupied territories...
他们只是想回到在占领区的家人身边。
He toured some of the disputed territories now under UN control.
他去一些目前由联合国接管的争议地区巡视了一番。
3.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词(知识)领域;(经验)范围 You can use territory to refer to an area of knowledge or experience. virgin territory→see: virgin;
【搭配模式】:with supp
Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory...
Reading from a tedious technical brief for hours on end, he would stray into difficult territory.
连续看上几个小时枯燥的技术简报后,他会不自觉地钻起牛角尖来。
4.N-VAR 可变名词(动物的)领地,地盘 An animal's territory is an area which it regards as its own and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.
【搭配模式】:usu with supp
The territory of a cat only remains fixed for as long as the cat dominates the area.
猫的地盘只在它占据那个地方的时候是固定不变的。
5.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词(具有一定特点的)地带,地区Territory is land with a particular character.
【搭配模式】:with supp
...mountainous territory.
多山地带
...a vast and uninhabited territory.
广阔的无人居住区
6.PHRASE 短语是难免的事;是必然的事 If you say that something comes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result of the situation you are in.
【搭配模式】:V inflects
Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory...
做人权工作是要冒风险的。这是难免的。
You can't expect not to have a debate; that's what comes with the territory in a democracy.
不要指望不会发生辩论,那在民主社会已成为必然。
牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - territory
territory ter·ri·tory / 5terEtri; NAmE -tC:ri / noun (pl. -ies) 1.[C, U] land that is under the control of a particular country or ruler  领土;版图;领地: enemy / disputed / foreign territory 敌方/有争议的/外国领土 occupied territories 被占领的土地 They have refused to allow UN troops to be stationed in their territory. 他们拒不允许联合国部队驻扎在他们的国土上。 2.[C, U] an area that six person, group, animal, etc. considers as their own and defends against others who try to enter it  (个人、群体、动物等占据的)领域,管区,地盘: Mating blackbirds will defend their territory against intruders. 乌鸫交配时会保护自己的地盘,不允许外来者侵入。 (figurative) This type of work is uncharted territory for us. 我们从未涉足过这类工作。 (figurative) Legal problems are Andy's territory (= he deals with them). 法律问题由安迪负责处理。 3.[C, U] an area of a town, country, etc. that sb has responsibility for in their work or another activity  (某人负责的)地区: Our representatives cover a very large territory. 我们的代理人负责的地区很广。 4.[U] a particular type of land  (某类)地区;(某种)地方: unexplored territory 未勘察地区 5. (also Territory) [C] a country or an area that is part of the US, Australia or Canada but is not a state or province  (美国)准州;(澳大利亚)区;(加拿大)地方: Guam and American Samoa are US territories. 关岛和美属萨摩亚是美国的准州。 IDIOMS ▪7come / 7go with the 'territory to be a normal and accepted part of a particular job, situation, etc.  成为必然的部份(或结果): She has to work late most days, but in her kind of job that goes with the territory. 她在大部份日子里都得工作到很晚,但根据她的工作性质,这是不可避免的。 ⇨ more at neutral adj.
牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - territory
territory noun
1. area of land that belongs to one country, etc.
• ADJECTIVEvast | newThe explorers set off to conquer new territories. | formerformer French territories | neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding | home, national | alien, foreign, overseas | enemy, hostile | friendly | neutral | colonial, dependent (esp. BrE), trust (esp. BrE)
a UN trust ~ administered by New Zealand | sovereignTroops were stationed on sovereign German ~. | annexed, conquered, lost, occupieda town in British-occupied ~ | contested, disputed | familiar, home (both figurative)
The writer is back on home ~ with his latest novel. | uncharted, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, virgin (all often figurative) | dangerous (often figurative)
• VERB + TERRITORYhold | annex, capture, conquer, invade, occupy, recapture, take | control, govern, ruleThe ~ had been controlled by Azerbaijan for many years. | cede, surrender | lose | enter, stray intoThe soldiers strayed into hostile ~. | leave | settleThe ~ was never densely settled. | stake out (often figurative)
The parties have been staking out their ~ on education. | chart, explore, map out (all often figurative)
Tired of writing detective novels, she began to explore new ~. | cover (often figurative)
Many books have covered this ~ before.
2. of an animal
• ADJECTIVEbreeding, nesting
• VERB + TERRITORYdefend, patrol, protect | establish, mark, mark outThe male establishes a ~ and attracts a female.
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - territory
territory noun ⇨territory (foreign territory)⇨habitat (an animal defends its territory)territory
noun
territory ♦︎ colony ♦︎ enclave ♦︎ possession ♦︎ dominion ♦︎ satelliteThese are all words for a country or area that is occupied or controlled by another country.这些词均表示殖民地、托管地、属地。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a) British / Spanish, etc. territory / colony / enclave / possession◆a self-governing territory / colony / dominion◆(a) former territory / colony / possession◆overseas territory / possessions■territory ˈterətri; NAmEˈterətɔːri [uncountable, countable] land that is under the control of a particular country or ruler(被某一国家或统治者占领的)领土,版图,领地◆They have refused to allow UN troops to be stationed in their territory.他们拒不允许联合国部队驻扎在他们的领土上。◆The killings had set off widespread rioting in the occupied territories.这些杀人事件在被占领地区引发了大规模骚乱。▸territorialˌterəˈtɔːriəl
adjective
◆territorial gains / disputes / claims领土增加/争端;对领土的主张■colony ˈkɒləni; NAmEˈkɑːləni [countable] a country or area that is governed by people from another, more powerful, country殖民地◆East Timor was a former Portuguese colony.东帝汶以前是葡萄牙的殖民地。▸colonialkəˈləʊniəl; NAmEkəˈloʊniəl
adjective
◆Western colonial attitudes西方的殖民主义态度■enclaveˈenkleɪv [countable] (ratherformal) an area of a country or city where the people have a different religion, culture or nationality from those who live in the country or city that surrounds it飞地(某国或某市境内具有不同宗教、文化或主权属于他国或他市的地区)◆The northern part of the city is a Christian enclave.这座城市的北部是一块基督徒飞地。■possession [countable, usually plural] (formal) a country that is owned and governed by another country殖民地;托管地;属地◆The former colonial possessions are now independent states.这些前殖民地现已是独立的国家。NOTE辨析 Colony or possession?Colony is used especially to talk about a country that many people moved to in order to make a new permanent home. A colony is usually far away from the country that controls it. Possession is often used in the plural to talk about all the countries and areas that make up a powerful country's empire. * colony尤指很多人移居过去并打算长久定居的殖民地国家,通常远离控制它的宗主国。possession常用复数形式,指组成一个强大帝国的所有国家和地区。■dominion dəˈmɪniən [countable] (formal) an area controlled by one ruler(一人统治的)领土,版图◆He ruled over the vast dominions of the Holy Roman Empire.他当时统治神圣罗马帝国的辽阔领土。■satellite ˈsætəlaɪt [countable] a town, country or organization that is controlled by and dependent on another larger or more powerful one卫星城;卫星国;外围组织◆Following the Second World War it became a satellite state of the Soviet Union.第二次世界大战之后,它成了苏联的一个卫星国。
新牛津英语同义词词典 - territory
territory
noun 1a tiny British territory on the outskirts of eastern Polynesia | repeated raids were launched on Russian territory AREA OF LAND , area, region, enclave; country, state, land, dependency, colony, dominion, protectorate, fief, possession, holding; domain, county, district, zone, sector, quarter; soil; archaic demesne.
2mountainous territory TERRAIN , land, tract of land, ground, countryside.
3practically everyone else in the media has been muscling in on my territory lately DOMAIN , area of concern/interest/knowledge, province, department, field, preserve, sphere, arena, realm, world; informal bailiwick, turf.
4Sheffield was his territory SPHERE OF OPERATIONS , area, section, stamping ground; haunts, purlieux; informal turf; Brit. informal patch, manor.