States' rights

States' rights

美 　英

• n.州权（相对于国家政府的权力，如制定某些法律和拥有自己的警察）

英汉解释

np.	1. the powers and rights not granted by the U.S. Constitution to the federal government and not forbidden to the states by the Constitution 2. a political doctrine that advocates the reduction of federal rights and powers and a maximization of those of the U.S. states

例句

Tyler was a strong believer in states' rights. He had worked hard to win the nomination for Senator Clay.

泰勒坚定主张州的权利，他曾为克莱参议员获得总统候选人的提名而积极努力。

There is no issue of States rights or national rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.

这不是州权利与国家权利的问题，而仅仅是为人权而抗争。

It arose out of disputes over the issues of slavery, trade and tariffs, and the doctrine of states' rights.

这场战争的起因在于双方在蓄奴、贸易、关税和州权等问题上的争议。

More than a century later, people are debating the reasons for the war, slavery versus states' rights.

一个多世纪后的今天，人们仍然在辩论着战争爆发的原因，究竟是奴隶制还是各州为维护自己的权利造成的。

Pleading the tenth (states' rights) amendment, he argues that New York's stand on gay marriage is its own business.

以宪法第十修正案为由（州权利），他认为，纽约关于同性恋婚姻的立场是它自己的事情。

Nineteen states have some form of civil confinement, and the Supreme Court has upheld states' rights in this matter.

其它19个州也都有不同程度地类似于“民事监禁”的法律。最高法院已确定各州的行使权利。

First is a broad challenge on states' rights grounds, particularly with respect to health care.

第一，在很多方面对州权造成挑战，尤其是在医疗方面。

Some Democrats who believed strongly in states' rights also opposed it.

有些坚决拥有各州权力的民主党议员也反对这项建议。

There is no issue of States' rights or national rights.

这是一个没有宪法赋予州的权利或国家权利的问题。

All of them were concerned with states' rights.

但是所有的文档却都是与国家权力有关。

I don't want to provoke a new war of secession but surely this is a matter of states' rights.

我不想挑起一场新的内战，但这确实关乎各州的权利。

Questions involving vital national issues seemed to be at stake: the problem of nationalism versus states' rights and sectionalism;

其中所牵扯的问题对整个国家发展的至关重要：它包括美国宪法赋予州的权利和地方偏见的冲突；

During the civil-rights era, segregationists often couched their position as a defence of "states' rights" ;

在民权时代，种族隔离主义者常常隐晦地表示，他们是在捍卫“各州的权利”；