| 单词 | govern |
| 释义 | govern (once / 12 pages) v To govern is to rule, lead, oversee, or otherwise control. Each U.S. state has its own governor, whose job it is to govern the affairs of that state. While it's true that governors govern — that is, they head the executive branch of their state government — there are lots of other ways to use the verb govern. Almost anything that controls or has a lot of influence over something else can be said to govern. The rules of tennis, for example, govern the way that game is played. In mechanics, a device that controls other devices is called a governor. My dog's basic needs govern the way my household is run: his schedule is our schedule. WORD FAMILYgovern: governable, governance, governed, governing, government, governor, governs, misgovern+/governable: ungovernable/governed: ungoverned/governing: governings, self-governing/government: governmental, governments, self-government/governmental: governmentally/governor: governors, governorship/governorship: governorships/misgovern: misgoverned, misgoverning, misgovernment, misgoverns/misgovernment: misgovernments/ungovernable: ungovernably USAGE EXAMPLESFor all his confidence, Mr. Trump will also discover that little is simple about governing. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The experience of governing other global commons offers little help. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) From the outset, therefore, self-interest rather than affection governed Israel’s attitude toward the United States. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1v exercise authority over; as of nations Who is governing the country now? Syn|Hypo|Hyper rule throne sit on the throne as a ruler misgoverngovern badly dictaterule as a dictator reignhave sovereign power grind down, tyrannise, tyrannizerule a country as a tyrant command, control exercise authoritative control or power over 2v direct or strongly influence the behavior of His belief in God governs his conduct Hyper command, control exercise authoritative control or power over 3v bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper order, regularise, regularize, regulate deregulate lift the regulations on standardise, standardize cause to conform to standard or norm district, zoneregulate housing in; of certain areas of towns gaugeadapt to a specified measurement decide, determine, make up one's mind reach, make, or come to a decision about something 4v require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German Hyper ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take require as useful, just, or proper |
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