sovereignty

🇬🇧 UK/'sɒvrәnti/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The supreme power of a state to govern itself without outside control; an independent self-governing nation or territory.

主权;对国家或领土的最高统治权

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sovereignother
+
tysuffix
=sovereignty

Common Collocations

  • 1.national sovereignty国家主权
  • 2.territorial sovereignty领土主权
  • 3.sovereignty over对……的主权
  • 4.exercise sovereignty行使主权

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The treaty was seen as a threat to the nation's sovereignty.

  • 2.

    Debates over national sovereignty have intensified in the era of globalization.

  • 3.

    The government vowed to defend its territorial sovereignty at all costs.

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