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territory

Word family 
Related topics: Government, Animals, Geography
ter·ri·to·ry /ˈterətəri $ -tɔːri/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural territories)
1  government/military 政府/军方 [countableC, uncountableU]PGCOUNTRY/NATION land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force 领土，版图，领地
5Hong Kong is a Chinese territory.
香港是中国的领土。
nHong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.
occupied/enemy/disputed/hostile territory
The plane was flying over enemy territory.
这架飞机当时在敌区上空飞行。
► see thesaurus at land
2  type of land 某一类土地 [uncountableU]HEAREA land of a particular type 〔某种特定的〕地区，地方
uncharted/unexplored territory
an expedition through previously unexplored territory
一次穿越先前未勘探地区的探险
3  animal 动物 [countableC, uncountableU]HBA the area that an animal, bird etc regards as its own and will defend against other animals 〔兽类、鸟类等的〕领地，领域
A tiger has a large territory to defend.
老虎要守护的地盘很广。
A dog uses urine to mark its territory.
狗用尿来标记自己的领地。
4  new or familiar experience 新的或熟悉的经历 [uncountableU]AREA a particular area of experience or knowledge 〔经验或知识的〕领域
new/unfamiliar/uncharted territory
The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.
该公司正通过这种新软件进入一个不熟悉的领域。
Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.
演员帕特里克•博金重回他原来驾轻就熟的戏路，扮演一名危险的杀手。
5  business 商务 [countableC, uncountableU]BB an area in a town, country etc that someone is responsible for as part of their job, especially someone whose job is to sell products 〔某人负责的〕地区〔尤指产品销售人员负责的片区〕
a sales territory
销售辖区
6  come/go with the territory RESULTto be a natural and accepted part of a particular job, situation, place etc 〔在某种工作中、某种情况下、某个地方等〕是难免会碰到的事
I’m a cop – getting shot at goes with the territory.
我是个警察——干这一行挨枪子是难免的。
Examples from the Corpus
come/go with the territory• Human rights abuses go with the territory.• The strain, the negativity, the isolation all came with the territory.• Dealing with the guest who is in a delicate business situation or just a very bad mood all goes with the territory.• Death always went with the territory.• Most of us have been doing this for a long time, and it goes with the territory.• I expected the criticism it comes with the territory when you're a public figure.• She just said she felt it went with the territory.• Some of this borderline recklessness goes with the territory.• As economies mature, they say, economic slowdown comes with the territory.
7  land that is not a state 不是州的土地 [countableC]PGAREA land that belongs to the United States, Canada etc but that is not a state 〔美国、加拿大等的〕属地
the US territory of Guam
美国属地关岛
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + enemy
enemy/hostile territory
Patterson had never flown so deep into enemy territory before.
occupied territory (=land that is controlled by a foreign country or its army)
America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory.
disputed territory (=land that two countries are fighting or arguing to get control of)
The latest round of talks over the disputed territory begins next week.
neutral territory (=a place or country that is not controlled by either of the groups or countries involved in a war)
After crossing the frontier post, he would be safe in neutral territory.
Chinese/German etc territory
The Russians handed over to Poland a large slice of German territory.
Examples from the Corpus
territory• Often it makes sense to divide a territory into segments radiating outwards, with the salesperson's home being at the centre.• It thinks global economic growth will come in this year at 4.7 %, well into boom territory.• We crossed the river into enemy territory.• His plane was shot down over enemy territory.• In territory subjugated by the Union Army, slavery was protected and enforced, just as it had been before the war.• Miller had accidentally crossed into Iraqi territory and was arrested for spying.• The antelope will control and defend its territory.• These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home.• The negotiations will be held on neutral territory.• The Frankish army secured most of the northern territories, and the Slavs kept their word to Charles.• a salesman's territory• U.S. territories and possessions• Many birds will attack other birds that enter their territory.• At the world-famous San Diego Zoo, the animals will be sharing their territory with wandering herds of Republicans.• Ecevit campaigned in May 1991 to have foreign troops removed from Turkish territory.• Chile is a country filled with unexplored territory.• The island of Guam is a US territory.• Colombian guerrillas had reportedly been operating in Venezuelan territory.• But the Simpson case was territory like no other.
occupied/enemy/disputed/hostile territory• Every day there've been two to three flights taking off from Zagreb and flying across disputed territory to Sarajevo.• Eventually some pressure or need caused the migration of one or more into already occupied territory.• He was really on his own now, and in less than two minutes he would be flying over hostile territory.• In order to ensure the support of the nationalist parties Shamir increased settlement funding, including infrastructural development of the occupied territories.• The prize may be to seize the enemy territory, but that is a small reward for so dangerous a business.• It was about laying waste enemy territory, about the pursuit of a retreating army, about sieges.
uncharted/unexplored territory• As many media workers would acknowledge, professional ethics in church-related media work are almost uncharted territory.• Returning to the original metaphor of this chapter, the patient is taken into dangerous and unexplored territories of inner space.• The financial system may be about to enter uncharted territory.• There are no road signs in uncharted territory, no footprints to follow in places where no one has ventured before.• Gradually the performance builds into something extraordinary, a gallant voyage into uncharted territory.• The present study is immensely rich in every way, and is an impressive foray into largely uncharted territory.• I clenched my teeth and closed my eyes as the plane headed straight into very uncertain, very uncharted territory indeed.• Periods of punctuated equilibrium offer many new, as yet unexplored territories.
mark ... territory• There is no marking territory, no signal, no power thing.• The cities and even rural areas have been divided between these well-armed rival factions, who mark their territories with graffiti.
familiar territory• Since Michelangelo was an ardent antiquarian, all this will have been familiar territory.• After a while, the cat gives up and returns to its familiar territory.• I was now in more familiar territory.• They were travelling over familiar territory and life on the march had slipped into a routine.• Camp Holloway at Pleiku was familiar territory.• All this was familiar territory but as films became more ambitious so there emerged the possibility of fuller social statement.• The social work was familiar territory.
From Longman Business Dictionary
territoryter·ri·to·ry /ˈterətəri-tɔːri/ noun (plural territories)
1[countableC, uncountableU]MARKETING an area which is the responsibility of a particular salesperson
His sales force’s territory comprises Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin.
2[countableC, uncountableU] land that is owned or controlled by a particular government, ruler, or military force
The parliament has jurisdiction over minerals mined on its territory.
Until 1997 Hong Kong was a British territory.
3[uncountableU] an area of experience or knowledge
Statistical analysis is not the exclusive territory of a handful of specialists.
The very competitive market is pushing firms into unfamiliar territory.
4negative/positive/record etc territoryFINANCE a situation in which financial investments fall or rise in value, or in which shares etc are higher in value or price than ever before
On the world’s major exchanges, stocks ended in negative territory.
A late spurt of buying pulled the Dow Jones into positive territory.
Origin territory
(1300-1400) Latin territorium “land around a town”, from terra; → TERRACE

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