territoriality
/ter-i-tawr-ee-al-i-tee, -tohr-/US // ˌtɛr ɪˌtɔr iˈæl ɪ ti, -ˌtoʊr- //UK // (ˌtɛrɪˌtɔːrɪˈælɪtɪ) //
属地性,属地,属地化,领地
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : territorial quality, condition, or status.
- : the behavior of an animal in defining and defending its territory.
- : attachment to or protection of a territory or domain.
Examples
The so-called Peking University is an example of what the Chinese have to suffer on account of extra-territoriality.
In exchange for the privilege of extra-territoriality granted to foreign residents in Japan, they were placed under restrictions.
Territoriality and mutual exclusiveness of adults and even of young seems to be implied.
Territoriality in the usual sense is lacking in the five-lined skink, and could scarcely exist in an animal of its habits.
Band territoriality would have been directly contradictory to the enormous distances traversed by the mounted people.
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