realm
单词辨析：
最普通用词，侧重指国土、疆域。
China is a large country.
中国是一个幅员辽阔的国家。
Labour export is very common in developing countries.
劳务输出在发展中国家非常普遍。
指由国王或女王统治的国家，或君主立宪的国家。
The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
联合王国由大不列颠和北爱尔兰组成。
The king is the most important person in a kingdom.
国王是王国中最重要的人物。
强调其民族、社会及经济结构。
Greece is an independent nation.
希腊是一个独立国家。
New Zealand is an English speaking nation.
新西兰是一个讲英语的国家。
America is one of the world's leading industrial nations.
美国是世界上的主要工业国之一。
与 kingdom 基本同义，但多用于正式文体。
the defence of the realm
王国的防卫
The king sought to expand his realm.
国王谋求扩大领土。
侧重指被视为政治组织的国家，英国英语中尤指政府。
an EU member state
欧盟成员国
Should railways be controlled by the state?
铁路应该由国家控制吗？
The state has set up a medical subsidy program for civil servants.
政府为公务员建立了医疗补助制度。
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This is not narcissism, but an otherworldly realm of life.
这不是自我陶醉，而是一种超凡脱俗的人生境界。
Taoism pursues being empty realm, while Confucianism develops highly from the realized truth and has a long-term extension.
道释主要追求的是空无境界，儒是从其悟出的道理中得到高度发展，长期延续。
The research of law culture is a realm to law research.
法律文化研究是我国法学研究的一个新兴领域。
This is a kind of incomparable nobleness realm.
这是一种无以伦比的高尚境界。
This is a target which is surely within the realm of possibility.
这是一个完全有可能实现的目标。
Culture and art belong to the realm of the superstructure.
文化艺术属于上层建筑。