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Supremacy Ultimate Group Military Team Power N Uncount 不可数名词

英语单词 supremacy
英美音标 英 [suː'preməsi] 美 [suː'preməsi]
中文释义 n.至高;主权;最高权力或地位
英语例句 (1) The indirect democracy, the representative government, is based on the principle of popular supremacy.
(2) The supremacy of the pope was rejected, but in his place the monarch was enthroned as the head of the church.
中文例句 (1) 人民主权原则作为代议制民主建立的主要理论根据,成为现代国家政治统治合法性的前提和基础。
(2) 教皇的主权固然被拒绝了,但皇帝竟登上了教会元首的地位。
vocabulary简明 Supremacy is the state of having the ultimate authority. A ruling king has supremacy over his kingdom.
vocabulary扩展 When one group dominates another, it has supremacy. One country's army might have military supremacy over another, or your favorite baseball team might gain supremacy in the third game of the World Series, meaning it has power over the other team in the series. Supremacy comes from the Latin word supremus, which means highest.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]至高无上;最大权力;霸权 If one group of people has supremacy over another group, they have more political or military power than the other group.
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  • The conservative old guard had re-established its political supremacy...

    守旧的保守派已经重新掌控了政治大权。

  • The president has been able to assert his ultimate supremacy over the prime minister.

    总统行使了高于总理的最高决策权。

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]优势 If someone or something has supremacy over another person or thing, they are better.
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  • In the United States Open final, Graf retained overall supremacy.

    在美国网球公开赛决赛中,格拉芙始终保持优势。

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