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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. 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.