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sovereignty

/sov-rin-tee, suhv-/US // ˈsɒv rɪn ti, ˈsʌv- //UK // (ˈsɒvrəntɪ) //

主权,主权主义,权力

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sov·er·eign·ties.

    • : the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
    • : the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign;royal rank or position; royalty.
    • : supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community.
    • : rightful status, independence, or prerogative.
    • : a sovereign or independent state, community, or political unit.

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Examples

  • In particular, the treaty stipulates that outer space isn’t subject to “national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.”

  • The goal is to achieve “technological sovereignty” so Argentina won’t have to watch from afar as others vaccinate their way out of the pandemic.

  • China has been joined by Russia, Iran, and other autocratic regimes in promoting cyber sovereignty—the idea that countries should set their own rules on how their citizens use the internet.

  • It’s establishing cyber sovereignty and claiming to protect user data in the US by using political action and legal means to fend off competition.

  • The dominant and controversial narrative is that the clause could see Nigeria sign away its sovereignty in the event of a payment default.

  • Sovereignty, I argued, cannot be conceived as the right to kill millions of innocent people,” Lemkin wrote in his notebooks.

  • It is now a so called Crown Dependency, meaning it falls under the sovereignty of  the British Crown, but is not part of the U.K.

  • The tagline for the Museum is “Paz, Memoria, y Sobernía”: Peace, Memory and Sovereignty.

  • Despite competing claims made by the British government and nearby Antigua, the rock island maintained its sovereignty.

  • In 1905, a group of Indians from a variety of native peoples united to entrench “tribal sovereignty” against federal power.

  • Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded?

  • The law of God originates in his nature, but the attributes of his creatures are due to his sovereignty.

  • The covenant due to this was embodied in that which, as we shall presently see was, at his creation, in sovereignty made with him.

  • To declare emphatically that the people of God are a covenant people, various signs were in sovereignty vouchsafed.

  • They preserve to themselves their ancient Right of giving Titles to Sovereignty.