territories

英 [ˈtɛrɪtəriz]

美 [ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz]

n.  领土; 版图; 领地; (个人、群体、动物等占据的)领域，管区，地盘; (某人负责的)地区
territory的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 领土;领地
  Territoryis land which is controlled by a particular country or ruler.
  1. 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。
  2. ...Russian territory.
     俄罗斯领土
• N-COUNT 属地，地区，托管地(指被别国控制的国家或地区)
  Aterritoryis a country or region that is controlled by another country.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。 → see:Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory...
• N-VAR (动物的)领地，地盘
  An animal'sterritoryis an area which it regards as its own and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT (具有一定特点的)地带，地区
  Territoryis land with a particular character.
  1. ...mountainous territory.
     多山地带
  2. ...a vast and uninhabited territory.
     广阔的无人居住区
• PHRASE 是难免的事;是必然的事
  If you say that somethingcomes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result of the situation you are in.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Massive programmes to improve sewage treatment and collection systems in the New Territories are also being carried out.
  我们也正在新界进行大规模的计划，以改善区内的污水处理和收集系统。
• The two territories had differing political, judicial, and educational systems.
  这两个地区实行不同的政治，司法和教育制度。
• America conventionally attaches a rider to Israeli aid, to the effect that it must not be used in the occupied territories.
  美国按照惯例在对以色列的援助中提出了附加条款，大意是该援助不能用于被占领地区。
• This Law shall not apply to the separate customs territories of the People's Republic of China.
  中华人民共和国的单独关税区不适用本法。
• Administrative Districts: 10 Provinces and 2 Territories.
  行政区划：全国设10个省和2个地区。
• I would love to see an end to the occupation of the territories where Palestinians now live.
  我希望能看到对领土的占领下的巴勒斯坦人现在生活。
• The league has branches in each of the ten provinces and three territories.
  联盟在每十个省和三领土有分支。
• Britain's claim to the territories was found to be unlawful.
  英国对这些领土的主权要求是不合法的。
• Hong Kong has three areas: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and New Territories.
  香港可以划为三部分：香港岛、九龙和新界。
• France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories.
  法国与其前非洲属地一直保持着最密切的联系。