sovereign

主権を持つ、独立した

他国に支配されず、自国を治められる。

やさしい英語で： Able to govern itself without being controlled by another country.

• The island became a sovereign state.
• Each sovereign country makes its own laws.
• The treaty recognizes their right to remain sovereign.

類義語： independent, self-governing

反対語： dependent

よく使う表現： sovereign state, sovereign nation, sovereign country

最高権力を持つ、至高の

統治や決定を行う最高の権力を持つ。

やさしい英語で： Having the highest power to rule or make decisions.

• The queen held sovereign power.
• In this system, parliament is sovereign.
• The people claimed sovereign authority over their government.

類義語： supreme

反対語： subordinate

よく使う表現： sovereign power, sovereign authority, sovereign ruler, sovereign rights

卓越した、最高の

非常に優れている、または同じ種類の中で最も優れている。

やさしい英語で： Extremely good or better than everything else of its kind.

• Patience was her sovereign virtue.
• The poet praised the sovereign beauty of the landscape.
• His sovereign skill set him apart from every other musician.

類義語： outstanding, supreme, excellent

よく使う表現： sovereign talent, sovereign virtue, sovereign excellence

君主、統治者

国の最高の権力を持つ王、女王などの統治者。

やさしい英語で： A king, queen, or other ruler with the highest authority in a country.

• The sovereign entered the palace.
• Every coin showed the reigning sovereign.
• The new sovereign promised to protect her subjects.

使い方： sovereign of somewhere (She became sovereign of the kingdom at twenty.)

類義語： monarch, ruler

反対語： subject

よく使う表現： reigning sovereign, the sovereign, sovereign of something

ソブリン金貨

額面が一ポンドのイギリスの金貨。

やさしい英語で： A British gold coin with an official value of one pound.

• He found a gold sovereign.
• The collector bought three sovereigns at the auction.
• This sovereign was minted during the queen’s reign.

よく使う表現： gold sovereign, British sovereign, buy a sovereign

独立した個人

どの統治者や国の権力にも従属しない人。

やさしい英語で： A person who is not under the authority of any ruler or country.

• He declared himself an independent sovereign.
• The essay imagines each person as a sovereign owing allegiance to no nation.
• She claimed to be a sovereign rather than a subject of the king.

反対語： subject

よく使う表現： individual sovereign, independent sovereign, a free sovereign