| 单词 | govern | 
| 释义 | gov·ern    (gŭvərn)v.  gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns  v.tr. 1.  To make and administer the public policy and affairs of (a state, for example); exercise sovereign authority over. 2.  To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate: a valve that governs fuel intake. 3.  To control the actions or behavior of: Govern yourselves like civilized people. 4.  To keep under control; restrain: a student who could not govern his impulses. 5.  To exercise a deciding or determining influence on: Chance usually governs the outcome of the game. 6.  Grammar   To require (a specific morphological form) of accompanying words. v.intr. 1.  To exercise political authority. 2.  To have or exercise a determining influence. [Middle English governen, from Old French governer, from Latin gubernāre, from Greek kubernān.] govern·a·ble adj.  | 
	
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