sovereign

英 ['s?vr?n] 美['sɑvr?n]

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sovereign 君主，元首，最高統治權的，主權的

來自古法語 soverain,最高的，主要的，來自通俗拉丁語*superanus,主要的，基礎的，來自拉丁語 super,在上，超過，比較級形式自 sub,在上，詞源同 superman,soprano.引申比喻義最高統治權的，主權的，引申名詞詞義君主，元首。拼寫受-reign 影響俗化。

sovereign: sovereign: [13] A sovereign is etymologically someone who is ‘above’ others. The word comes via Old French souverein ‘ruler’, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *superānus. This was derived from the Latin preposition super ‘above’. In the 1490s the term was applied to a gold coin worth 22s 6d (￡1.12?), a usage which served as a model in 1817 for its application to a gold coin worth one pound.
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sovereign (n.): late 13c., "superior, ruler, master," from Old French soverain "sovereign, lord, ruler," noun use of adjective meaning "highest, supreme, chief" (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "gold coin worth 22s 6d" first recorded late 15c.; value changed 1817 to 1 pound.
sovereign (adj.): early 14c., "great, superior, supreme," from Old French soverain "highest, supreme, chief," from Vulgar Latin *superanus "chief, principal" (source also of Spanish soberano, Italian soprano), from Latin super "over" (see super-). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Milton spelled it sovran, as though from Italian sovrano. Of remedies or medicines, "potent in a high degree," from late 14c.

1. Sovereign power will continue to lie with the Supreme People's Assembly.: 最高統治權仍然掌握在最高人民會議手中。

2. The Russian Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic.: 俄羅斯聯邦宣布自己為主權獨立的共和國。