Word · Frequency #5195
sovereignty
主权；独立自主权
The supreme power or right of a state to govern itself and control its own affairs without outside interference.
- 1.
The quality or state of being sovereign.
主权性质或状态
- 2.
government free from external control
不受外部控制的政府
- 3.
A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
由君主统治的领土；独立或自治国家
- 4.
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
王权；君主的统治
- 5.
the authority of a state to govern another state
一个国家治理另一个国家的权力
主权国家；独立的国家或政治实体；君权；王权；对别国的统治权；宗主国权力；主权性质或状态；不受外部控制的政府
In use
The citizens demanded that the government defend the country's sovereignty.
No international organization can take away a nation's sovereignty.
The islands have been under the sovereignty of the kingdom for centuries.
sovereignty over sth
表示对某领土或事务的主权控制。
The country asserted its sovereignty over the disputed island.
该国宣称对该争议岛屿拥有主权。
sovereignty of sth
强调某国家或实体的主权本身。
The sovereignty of the nation must be protected at all costs.
必须不惜一切代价保护国家的主权。
respect/recognize sovereignty
常用搭配，表示对主权的尊重或承认。
Connections
Collocations
- territorial sovereignty
- 领土主权
- The dispute over territorial sovereignty has lasted for decades.关于领土主权的争端已经持续了几十年。
- national sovereignty
- 国家主权
- Every country has the right to defend its national sovereignty.每个国家都有权捍卫自己的国家主权。
- popular sovereignty
- 人民主权
- The constitution is based on the principle of popular sovereignty.宪法基于人民主权的原则。
- sovereignty dispute
- 主权争端
- The two nations are trying to resolve their sovereignty dispute peacefully.两国正试图和平解决他们的主权争端。
Synonyms
- autonomy
- 自治权 · autonomy多用于地区或机构内部自治，sovereignty强调国家最高主权
Learner notes
Memory Tip
主权（sovereignty）= sovereign（君主）+ ty（状态），联想君主拥有最高统治权。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：international relations、political discourse、legal documents 通常用于国际政治和法律等正式场合，是较高级的词汇。
Grammar Note
通常作不可数名词，但指不同类型的主权时可数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words end in '-ty' but have different vowel sounds in the stressed syllable; none rhyme with 'sovereignty' (/sɑvrənti/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.