lordships是什么意思

当局

是领主统治地

...郡之下的行政单位是百户区，百户区之下的行政单位，不是领主统治地（lordships），而是村（tunas）和十户区（tithings）。

They split it between them; some of the towns came under the sole control of Bern, Zurich or Lucerne while the rest became common lordships.

阿尔高由瑞士联盟各地区分管：有些乡镇由伯尔尼、苏黎世、卢塞恩分别单独管理；有些地区成为共同的管辖区。

But a Signoria stirs ancient instincts, and many modern Italians see Mr. Berlusconi much as their forebears saw absolute lordships.

不过，贵族能够激发人们古老的本能。如今，许多现代意大利人看待贝卢斯科尼的方式就像他们的祖先看待专制贵族一般。

Their lordships put these two big numbers together and calculated that they pretty much cancelled each other out.

当局将这两组数据放在一起，并指出，两者是相互抵消的。