territory

英 ['ter?t(?)r?] 美['t?r?t?ri]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中高頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?territories;

territory 領土，領地

terra-,土地，陸地，-ory,表地后綴。原指領主管轄區域，引申詞義領土，領地。

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" (see terrain) + -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.

"Since -torium is a productive suffix only after verbal stems, the rise of terri-torium is unexplained" [Michiel de Vaan, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages"]. An alternative theory, somewhat supported by the vowels of the original Latin word, suggests derivation from terrere "to frighten" (see terrible); thus territorium would mean "a place from which people are warned off."

1. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.: 踏入未知地帶最好的對策就是微笑。

3. The new territory would extend over one-fifth of Canada's land mass.: 這塊新領土將會使加拿大陸地面積擴展1/5以上。

4. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory.: 軍隊在5月1號又接管了另一長條領土。

5. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.: 多方主張擁有對馬其頓的領土主權，結果在巴爾干地區引發了沖突。