| 单词 | domination |
| 释义 | domination (once / 1407 pages) n Domination means total control. Most comic book villains — and a few real people, too — spend their lives in pursuit of world domination. Domination comes from the Latin word dominus, meaning "master" or "lord." This word conveys the idea not just of leadership, but of absolute, unchallengeable authority. So, just because your boss is in charge of the office doesn’t mean she engages in domination. Wait until she forces you to remove hundreds of staples by hand while she sends your coworker all the way to Costa Rica to fetch the coffee. But we hope it never comes to that. WORD FAMILYdomination: dominations+/dominate: dominated, dominates, dominating, domination/dominating: dominatingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Bryant-to-Witten connection put an exclamation point on the Cowboys' domination of the third quarter. Reuters(Dec 27, 2016) This aim for domination was clear at Amazon’s big customer conference, called Re:Invent, which was held in Las Vegas this month. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) For the idea of German domination still rouses too many ghosts - not least for the Germans themselves. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) 1n power to dominate or defeat Syn|Hypo|Hyper mastery, supremacy superiority, transcendence, transcendency the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance the state that exists when one person or group has power over another 2n social control by dominating Hypo|Hyper bossism domination of a political organization by a party boss mastery, subordinationthe act of mastering or subordinating someone monopolisation, monopolizationdomination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
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