| 单词 | reign |
| 释义 | reign (once / 112 pages) nv Rain falls from above, and people who reign rule from a position above others. They reign over countries and governments, and even over businesses and arts, as in "She used to reign over punk music, always topping the charts." While reign is a verb when it refers to the actions of a person or group of people, the period of time when they reign is also called a reign, as a noun: "His reign over the rodeo circuit ended when he was tackled by a bull named Princess-Maker." Sometimes a stretch of time is called a reign, even without regard to who was the leader, as in a "reign of peace," or a period of time without war and conflict, in a place or government. WORD FAMILYreign: reigned, reigning, reigns USAGE EXAMPLESWe may finally end the long reign of terror inflicted on us by former Miss USAs, federal judges from Indiana, and Gold Star parents. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The Crimson Tide, the sport’s reigning champions, routed opponents with historic ease this season. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) The reigning two-time defensive player of the year missed 10 games last season, the fewest in his first five seasons. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n royal authority; the dominion of a monarch Syn|Hypo|Hyper sovereignty scepter, sceptre the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter dominion, rule dominance or power through legal authority 2n the period during which a monarch is sovereign during the reign of Henry VIII Hyper age, historic period an era of history having some distinctive feature 3n a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful he was helpless under the reign of his egotism Hypo|Hyper reign of terror any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France period, period of time, time period an amount of time 4v have sovereign power Henry VIII reigned for a long time Hyper govern, rule exercise authority over; as of nations 5v be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance Money reigns supreme here Syn|Hypo dominate, predominate, prevail, rule override prevail over overarchbe central or dominant outbalance, outweigh, overbalance, preponderateweigh more heavily |
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