ter‧ri‧to‧ry W2 / terət ə ri, terɪt ə ri $ -tɔri / 名词 ( 复数形式 territories )
1 government/military [可数和不可数名词] land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force :
Hong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.
occupied/enemy/disputed/hostile territory
The plane was flying over enemy territory.
2 type of land [不可数名词] land of a particular type
uncharted/unexplored territory
an expedition through previously unexplored territory
3 animal [可数和不可数名词] the area that an animal, bird etc regards as its own and will defend against other animals :
A tiger has a large territory to defend.
A dog uses urine to mark its territory .
4 new or familiar experience [不可数名词] a particular area of experience or knowledge
new/unfamiliar/uncharted territory
The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.
Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.
5 business [可数和不可数名词] 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 :
a sales territory
6 come/go with the territory to be a natural and accepted part of a particular job, situation, place etc :
I’m a cop – getting shot at goes with the territory.
7 land that is not a state [可数名词] land that belongs to the United States, Canada etc but that is not a state :
the US territory of Guam
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.
THESAURUS
land an area that is owned by someone or that can be used for farming or building houses : This is private land. | They moved to the country and bought some land.
farmland land that is used for farming : The area is one of gently rolling hills and farmland.
territory land that belongs to a country or that is controlled by a country during a war : His plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chinese territory. | The army was advancing into enemy territory.
the grounds the gardens and land around a big building such as a castle, school, or hospital : The grounds of the castle are open to visitors every weekend. | the school grounds
estate a large area of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner : The film is set on an English country estate.