Definition of British overseas territory in English:
British overseas territory
noun
A territory that is under the sovereignty of the UK but does not form part of the UK itself, such as Bermuda, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands.
英国海外领地
Compare with Crown dependency
Example sentencesExamples
Review the key contributions to global biodiversity of British overseas territories and the likely impacts of climate change on these contributions.
British overseas territories including the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands have been excluded altogether, meaning they are effectively blacklisted.
The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory, but there are some Americans here who vote by absentee ballot.
Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.
The abuse was revealed in 1999 and eight men were later convicted during a trial on the British overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean.
He said the British overseas territory's economic development is being held back.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, to the south east of The Bahamas.
Carty was born on the Caribbean island of St Kitts to parents from the British overseas territory of Anguilla.
The Caymans, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, were pounded by heavy rain and winds over 100 mph.
It will be the first time a British overseas territory has voted as part of a UK area.
The other is the list of British overseas territories and crown dependencies.
As ever, our sailors stand ready to provide disaster relief at short notice to British overseas territories.
Why is the European Union footing over 43 percent of the budget for an airport in Montserrat, a British overseas territory?
Argentina has lodged a hostile claim at the United Nations for 660,000 square miles of the South Atlantic seabed immediately surrounding the Falkland Islands and other British overseas territories.
During the same period, there has been a significant shift towards spending in sub-Saharan Africa and away from eastern Europe, central Asia and British overseas territories.
Carty's parents came from the British overseas territory of Anguilla, and she holds a UK dependent territory passport.
A British overseas territory, Bermuda has significant autonomy, although the governor still has control of the police, military and aspects of the judiciary.
When the abolitionists triumphed with the outlawing of the import or export of slaves from British overseas territories, it became clear that it would prove hard to enforce.
By implication, all other British overseas territories are not economically sound, or are financially dependent on the UK.
Bermuda is one of 14 British overseas territories which look to the United Kingdom for foreign policy and security.