- A certain area that's owned or under the control of someone is called a territory. Countries defend their territories during wars and dogs mark their territory in the yard by peeing on it.
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- n. 领土，领域；版图
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1. enemy territory, disputed territory, foreign territory
敌方╱有争议的╱外国领土
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2. occupied territories
被占领的土地
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3. Legal problems are Andy's territory.
法律问题由安迪负责处理。
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4. Our representatives cover a very large territory.
我们的代理人负责的地区很广。
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5. unexplored territory
未勘察地区
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6. American Samoa are US territories.
美属萨摩亚是美国的准州。
- territory (n.) late 14c., "land under the jurisdiction of a town, state, etc.," probably from Latin territorium "land around a town, domain, district," from terra "earth, land" (from PIE root *ters- "to dry") + -orium, suffix denoting place (see -ory). Sense of "any tract of land, district, region" is first attested c. 1600. Specific U.S. sense of "organized self-governing region not yet a state" is from 1799. Of regions defended by animals from 1774.
ter·ri·tory / ˈterətri ; NAmE ˈterətɔːri / noun ( plural ter·ri·tories ) 1 [countable , uncountable ] 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。 ☞ collocationsat war 2 [countable , uncountable ] an area that one 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 territoryfor 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 [countable , uncountable ] 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 [uncountable ] a particular type of land （某类）地区；（某种）地方 ◆ unexplored territory 未勘察地区 5 ( alsoTerritory ) [countable ] 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）地区；（加拿大）地区 ◆ Guam and American Samoa are US territories. 关岛和美属萨摩亚是美国的准州。 IDIOM ˌcome/ˌgo with the ˈterritory 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. territory territories ter·ri·tory / ˈterətri ; NAmE ˈterətɔːri /
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