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Dominion is power or control over a place or people, especially the kind of complete authority a ruler has. It can also mean the actual land or territory that someone rules over. It's a more formal, almost old-fashioned word — you'll see it in history books, religious texts, or serious writing more than in everyday speech.
統治權；統治地
組成From 'domin-' (Latin for 'lord' or 'master'), the same root as 'dominate.'
同家族的字
- dominateshares 'domin-', Latin for lord/master
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Dominionname/doʊˈmɪnjən/
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historicalAny of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.
dominionnoun/dəˈmɪnjən/
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Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
- To choose between dominion or slavery.
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Predominance; ascendancy.
- Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
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A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
- the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
- Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
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biologynatural-sciencestaxonomykingdom
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ChristianityAn order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
- For by him were all things created[…], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。