fiefdom

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈfiːf.dəm]
• 美式音标 [ˈfiːf.dəm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.封地；采邑；控制范围

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• He is also criticised for turning the community into a family fiefdom, in which workers get no holidays and his relatives get the best posts.
  他也受到了批评，说他将这个村庄变了一个自家的封地，在这里工作的工人没有假期而他的亲戚却得到了最好的岗位。
• With the power to deliver the voters of this fiefdom to Boston's Democratic party machine, Patrick's advance was spectacular.
  凭借着对波士顿地区选民的影响力，帕特里克的人气大大提升。

权威例句

• It has allowed us to protect our fiefdom from the outsiders who threaten the status quo.
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• What was essentially a government fiefdom for 50 years is up for grabs.
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• Miller constantly antagonized the owners and slowly infringed upon their riches and fiefdom.
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词组短语

短语

• local fiefdom 官府
• Military Fiefdom 军事采邑
• fiefdom armor 骑士盔甲;生化服
• Roussillon Valley Fiefdom 露喜龙河谷之地;鲁西荣河谷之地
• The fiefdom syndrome 地盘

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an area of land, especially one that is rented and paid for by work

柯林斯英英字典

• (in feudal Europe) the property owned by a lord