sovereign state

基本解释

The gage and emblem of this freedom is the sovereign state.
衡量这个自由的尺度，与这个自由的象征，就是主权国家。
We seek a future where Palestinians live in a sovereign state of their own, with no limit to what they can achieve.
我们谋求这样一个未来——巴勒斯坦人在自己的主权国家生活，他们建功立业的能力不受任何制约。
Recognition of their independence became a prerequisite, since such a treaty can only be signed with a sovereign state.
然而这么做的前提条件就是承认他们的独立，因为这种条约只能和主权国家签订。

He says delaying or not giving the Palestinians a sovereign state will only lead to more violence.
Today, I want to talk about Hobbes' theory of the sovereign state, the creation of the sovereign.
今天，我会着重讲讲,霍布斯关于君权的产物，即主权国家的理论。
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And in such a world, even a sovereign state will be endangered either from other states or from groups and individuals devoted to terror and destruction.
在这样的世界里,即使是主权国家,也可能受到来自他国的侵犯,或者是个人以及团体的恐怖破坏。
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An appeal court, however, ruled that an act of war must be committed by a sovereign state.
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