fiefdom
n. 封地，采邑（等于 fief）
例句
She considers the office as her own private fiefdom.
她把办公室视为她的私人领地。
《牛津词典》
With the power to deliver the voters of this fiefdom to Boston's Democratic party machine, Patrick's advance was spectacular.
凭借着对波士顿地区选民的影响力，帕特里克的人气大大提升。
He is also criticised for turning the community into a family fiefdom, in which workers get no holidays and his relatives get the best posts.
他也受到了批评，说他将这个村庄变了一个自家的封地，在这里工作的工人没有假期而他的亲戚却得到了最好的岗位。
