[ADJ 形容词](国家)具有独立主权的 A sovereign state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country.
[usu ADJ n]
Lithuania and Armenia signed a treaty in Vilnius recognising each other as independent sovereign states...
立陶宛和亚美尼亚在维尔纽斯签订条约,承认彼此为独立主权国家。
The Russian Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic.
俄罗斯联邦宣布自己为主权独立的共和国。
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[ADJ 形容词](人、机构等)拥有最高统治权的Sovereign is used to describe the person or institution that has the highest power in a country.
Sovereign power will continue to lie with the Supreme People's Assembly.
最高统治权仍然掌握在最高人民会议手中。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]最高统治者;君主;元首 A sovereign is a king, queen, or other royal ruler of a country.
In March 1889, she became the first British sovereign to set foot on Spanish soil.
1889 年 3 月,她成为第一位踏上西班牙领土的英国君主。
Oxford
sov·er·eign/ˈsɒvrɪn; NAmEˈsɑːvrən/
noun
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adjective
sovereignsovereignsnoun1( formal) a king or queen 君主;元首2an old British gold coin worth one pound 金镑(旧时英国金币,面值一英镑)adjective( formal) 1[only before noun ](of a country or state 国家)free to govern itself; completely independent 有主权的;完全独立的SYN
autonomous
2having complete power or the greatest power in the country 掌握全部权力的;有至高无上的权力的◆a sovereign ruler最高统治者sov·er·eign/ˈsɒvrɪn; NAmEˈsɑːvrən/