territorial waters

Word family adjectiveterritorialterritoriednounterritorialismterritorialistterritorialityterritorializationterritoryterritorial watersverbterritorializeadverbterritorially

Related topics: Politics

ˌterritorial ˈwaters noun [plural]

Pthe sea near a country’s coast, which that country has legal control over 〔某一国的〕领海

Examples from the Corpus

territorial waters• Heaven forbid that she should wander into any of his territorial waters.• The research ship Solo was seized when it crossed into territorial waters.• New Zealand legislation prohibiting nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from its territorial waters had been first enforced in February 1985.• Governors say they are afraid of a rebuff if they venture too near territorial waters.• The United States wanted the treaty to apply only outside the 12-mile limit of territorial waters, but it was overruled.• From 1995, the dumping of all forms of industrial waste will be prohibited outside of territorial waters.• After a further two hour chase the Sea Rover was within our territorial waters where she was stopped and arrested by Seeker.

From Longman Business Dictionary

territorial watersˌterritorial ˈwaters noun [plural]LAW

the sea near a country’s coast, which that country has legal control over

Tankers in Spain’s territorial waters are affected by strict new safety regulations.

单词	territorial waters
释义	territorial waters Word family adjectiveterritorialterritoriednounterritorialismterritorialistterritorialityterritorializationterritoryterritorial watersverbterritorializeadverbterritorially Related topics: Politics ˌterritorial ˈwaters noun [plural] Pthe sea near a country’s coast, which that country has legal control over 〔某一国的〕领海 Examples from the Corpus territorial waters• Heaven forbid that she should wander into any of his territorial waters.• The research ship Solo was seized when it crossed into territorial waters.• New Zealand legislation prohibiting nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from its territorial waters had been first enforced in February 1985.• Governors say they are afraid of a rebuff if they venture too near territorial waters.• The United States wanted the treaty to apply only outside the 12-mile limit of territorial waters, but it was overruled.• From 1995, the dumping of all forms of industrial waste will be prohibited outside of territorial waters.• After a further two hour chase the Sea Rover was within our territorial waters where she was stopped and arrested by Seeker. From Longman Business Dictionary territorial watersˌterritorial ˈwaters noun [plural]LAW the sea near a country’s coast, which that country has legal control over Tankers in Spain’s territorial waters are affected by strict new safety regulations.
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