gov.ern
v.(动词)
gov.erned,gov.ern.ing,gov.erns
v.tr.(及物动词)
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in.
统治:制定和实施公众政策或事务;在…行使主权
To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate:
控制,调节:控制速度或数量;规定或管制:
例句:
a valve governing fuel intake.
控制汽油消耗的阀门
To control the actions or behavior of:
克制:控制行为或行动:
例句:
Govern yourselves like civilized human beings.
注意自己的言行,使自己象一个有教养的人
To keep under control; restrain:
压制;束缚:使…在控制之下;压制:
例句:
a child who could not be governed.
管不住的小孩
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on:
支配;决定:起决定影响:
例句:
Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
运气经常操纵比赛的结果
Grammar To require (a specific morphological form) of accompanying words.
【语法】 支配:要求联结单词(一种特殊的词法形式)
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To exercise political authority.
统治:行使政治权力
To have or exercise a determining influence.
操纵:有决定性影响
来源:
Middle English governen
中古英语 governen
from Old French governer
源自 古法语 governer
from Latin gubern3re
源自 拉丁语 gubern3re
from Greek kubernan
源自 希腊语 kubernan
【引伸】
gov.ernable
adj.(形容词)