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N-VAR
領土;領地
Territory is land which is controlled by a particular country or ruler.
例句
The government denies that any of its territory is under rebel control.
政府否認有領土被反叛分子所控制。
...Russian territory.
俄羅斯領土
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N-COUNT
屬地，地區，托管地(指被別國控制的國家或地區)
A territory is a country or region that is controlled by another country.
例句
They just want to return to their families in the occupied territories...
他們只是想回到在占領區的家人身邊。
He toured some of the disputed territories now under UN control.
他去一些目前由聯合國接管的爭議地區巡視了一番。
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N-UNCOUNT
(知識)領域;(經驗)范圍
You can use territory to refer to an area of knowledge or experience.
例句
Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory...
寫完了具有未來色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，瑪格麗特·阿特伍德的第七部小說《貓眼》回歸到了人們較熟悉的題材上。
Reading from a tedious technical brief for hours on end, he would stray into difficult territory.
連續看上幾個小時枯燥的技術簡報后，他會不自覺地鉆起牛角尖來。
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N-VAR
(動物的)領地，地盤
An animal's territory is an area which it regards as its own and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.
例句
The territory of a cat only remains fixed for as long as the cat dominates the area.
貓的地盤只在它占據那個地方的時候是固定不變的。
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N-UNCOUNT
(具有一定特點的)地帶，地區
Territory is land with a particular character.
例句
...mountainous territory.
多山地帶
...a vast and uninhabited territory.
廣闊的無人居住區
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PHRASE
是難免的事;是必然的事
If you say that something comes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result of the situation you are in.
例句
Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory...
做人權工作是要冒風險的。這是難免的。
You can't expect not to have a debate; that's what comes with the territory in a democracy.
不要指望不會發生辯論，那在民主社會已成為必然。