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单词 sovereign
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sovereign
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən/

sovereignnoun[C](RULER)

akingorqueen
君主；元首；最高统治者
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
  • accede tosomething
  • accession
  • anointed
  • anti-monarchical
  • anti-monarchist
  • duke
  • dukedom
  • earl
  • earldom
  • emir
  • MBE
  • Messrs
  • miss
  • mister
  • monarch
  • Royal Highness
  • royal prerogative
  • royalist
  • Rt. Hon.
  • Shah
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Leaders of national & regional governments

sovereignnoun[C](COIN)

a Britishgoldcointhat was in use inBritainfrom 1817 to 1914 and wasworth£1
金镑（英国于1817-1914年之间使用的面值为1英镑的金币）
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British money
  • bit
  • bob
  • copper
  • crown
  • farthing
  • fiver
  • P, p
  • pence
  • penny
  • pound
  • pound sign
  • pound sterling
  • quid
  • sixpenny
  • smacker
  • tenner
  • threepence
  • tuppence
  • tuppenny
  • twopenny
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sovereign
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən/

sovereignadjective(GOVERNMENT)

[before noun]
having thehighestpoweror beingcompletelyindependent:
至高无上的；完全独立的
Sovereignpoweris said toliewith thepeoplein somecountries, and with arulerinothers.据说，在一些国家中最高统治权归于人民，而在另一些国家则掌握在统治者手中。
We mustrespecttherightsof sovereignstates/nationstoconducttheirownaffairs.我们必须尊重独立主权国家处理本国事务的权利。
Synonyms
autonomous
independent(NOT RULED)
self-governing
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  • anti-capitalism
  • anti-capitalist
  • anti-communism
  • anti-communist
  • anti-fascism
  • lab
  • laissez-faire
  • left
  • left of centre
  • leftist
  • overstep
  • parliament
  • party politics
  • personality cult
  • pinko
  • super-conservative
  • Thatcherism
  • the Third Way
  • Tory
  • Toryism
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sovereignadjective(EXCELLENT)

sovereign remedyUKold-fashionedorformal
anextremelysuccessfulway ofdealingwith aproblem:
灵丹妙药
Love is a sovereignremedyforunhappiness.爱是治疗悲伤的灵丹妙药。
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Successful (things or people)
  • achiever
  • alive
  • alpha male
  • ascendant
  • baller
  • bang
  • carry
  • chart
  • havesomethinginyourpocketidiom
  • have the world atyourfeetidiom
  • healthily
  • heavy hitteridiom
  • high-flyer
  • pocket
  • represent
  • superhit
  • superseller
  • swimmingly
  • thriving
  • to have arrivedidiom
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(Definition ofsovereignfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sovereign| American Dictionary

sovereign
noun[C]
us
/ˈsɑv·rən,ˈsɑv·ər·ən/
world history
akingorqueen, or apersonhaving thepowertogovernacountry

sovereign

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˈsɑv·rən,ˈsɑv·ər·ən/
Algeria was acolonybut now is a sovereignnation.
(Definition ofsovereignfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sovereign| Business English

sovereign
adjective[before noun]
GOVERNMENT,FINANCE
uk
/ˈsɒvərɪn/us
used todescribemoneythat isborrowedorinvestedbynationalgovernments:
AsiansovereignfundsareincreasinglyinvestinginEuropeanand UScompanies.
(Definition ofsovereignfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsovereign

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Taming the sovereigns: institutional change in international politics.
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Significantly, in such a society, the sovereign's right of death existed for the sole purpose of protecting and, therefore, sustaining his own life.
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The paper discussed the role of cattle in constructing enduring connections among kin and affines, patrons and clients, sovereigns and supporters, men and their ancestors.
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He highlights in par ticular the transformation of tribal commanders into local sovereigns of clearly defined ter ritory.
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The rating agencies' relationship with sovereigns is not best understood in terms of relative power - which they have gained and lost.
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Long-lasting notions of civic liberties clashed with the claims of town authorities to rule as sovereigns over their townspeople.
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In the study of the development of democratization at the domestic level, we have always assumed that unelected sovereigns have transferred powers to elected parliaments in response to public pressures.
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The theologians interpreted that principle rather restrictively, arguing that only injuries done to oneself, to one's own subjects, or to allied sovereigns counted as a just cause.
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Moreover, repression and civil strife become more likely as the sovereign's payoff from transgressing and being challenged increases relative to the payoff of not transgressing at all.
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The ' community of sovereigns ' was invented as a strategy to cope with crisis and against the increasing social and political demands nationalism made on the monarchies.
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In such a system, the exercise of government was, even more than usual, a negotiation : an exchange between the needs and wishes of sovereigns, subordinates, and subjects.
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Whatever the sovereign's personal predilections, "he was bound to respect and support in his public office all the recognised religions of the people with a certain measure of impartiality".
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The coins in this case were 43 sovereigns.
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We are asked to provide a sum of £220,000 in sovereigns.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
No, it is orders we want, not inflation; and no debased sovereigns to replace the paper pound.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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