|
sovereign 音標拼音: [s'ɑvrən] n. 元首,獨立國
a. 具有主權的,至高無上的,國王的,完全的 元首,獨立國具有主權的,至高無上的,國王的,完全的 sovereign adj 1: ( of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; " an autonomous judiciary"; " a sovereign state" [ synonym: { autonomous}, { independent}, { self- governing}, { sovereign}] 2: greatest in status or authority or power; " a supreme tribunal" [ synonym: { sovereign}, { supreme}] n 1: a nation' s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [ synonym: { sovereign}, { crowned head}, { monarch}] Sovereign \ Sov" er* eign\ (? or ?; 277), n. 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. [ 1913 Webster] No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. -- Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $ 4. 86. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) Any butterfly of the tribe { Nymphalidi}, or genus { Basilarchia}, as the ursula and the viceroy. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor. [ 1913 Webster]
Sovereign \ Sov" er* eign\ (? or ?; 277), a. [ OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See { Over}, { Super}, and cf. { Soprano}. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Princely; royal. " Most sovereign name." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] At Babylon was his sovereign see. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. [ 1913 Webster] We acknowledge him [ God] our sovereign good. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] { Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power. [ 1913 Webster] 201 Moby Thesaurus words for " sovereign": absolute, all- knowing, all- powerful, all- seeing, all- wise, almighty, anointed king, arch, ascendant, at the head, autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, banner, blue- ribbon, boss, boundless, capital, cardinal, central, champion, changeless, chief, chieftain, classical, coin, commanding, controlling, creating, creative, crown, crowned head, crowning, directing, dominant, double eagle, doubloon, ducat, dynast, dynastic, eagle, emperor, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, fine, first, first- class, five- dollar gold piece, focal, foremost, free- spirited, freewheeling, general, glorious, gold piece, good, governing, grand duke, great, guiding, guinea, half crown, half eagle, hallowed, hard money, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high chief, highest, holy, immortal, immutable, imperator, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperious, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, independent, individualistic, infinite, inner- directed, just, king, king- emperor, kinglet, kinglike, kingly, leading, limitless, lord paramount, loving, luminous, magisterial, main, majestic, majesty, making, master, merciful, moidore, monarch, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monarchical, napoleon, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, number one, numinous, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, overbearing, overlord, overruling, paramount, permanent, perpetual, petty king, piece, piece of money, piece of silver, plenipotentiary, potentate, pound sovereign, predominant, predominate, preeminent, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, prince, prince consort, princelike, princely, principal, purple, queenlike, queenly, radiant, ranking, regal, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, roll of coins, rouleau, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler, ruling, sacred, self- contained, self- dependent, self- determined, self- directing, self- governed, self- governing, self- reliant, self- subsistent, self- sufficient, self- supporting, separate, shaping, specie, star, stellar, supereminent, supreme, suzerain, ten- dollar gold piece, tetrarch, third- force, third- world, timeless, topflight, twenty- dollar gold piece, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, undefined, unlimited
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|