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单词 govern
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governverb

uk/ˈɡʌv.ən/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn/

govern verb (RULE)

B2 [ I or T ] to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.:

The country has been governed by military regimes.
A president needs popular support in order to govern effectively.

More examples

  • We are governed, in Lord Hailsham's famous phrase, by an 'elective dictatorship'.
  • The country's being governed by a bunch of incompetents.
  • He was chosen to govern the colony by the British government.
  • He has been governing the country since taking power in a military coup.
  • Another defeat in parliament would seriously weaken the president's ability to govern.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Ruling & governing

  • absolute
  • administration
  • affairs of state
  • ascend
  • ascend the throne idiom
  • Comintern
  • corridor
  • government-owned
  • government-sponsored
  • governmental
  • hung parliament
  • incumbency
  • officially
  • oppressive
  • reign
  • repress
  • repression
  • repressive
  • sovereignty
  • statecraft

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govern verb (INFLUENCE)

[ T ] to have a controlling influence on something:

Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the raw materials, as well as by the cost of production and distribution.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Controlling and being in charge

  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • balance of power
  • divide
  • dominant
  • have sb by the balls idiom
  • have sb eating out of your hand idiom
  • have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
  • have sth in hand idiom
  • heel
  • high-handed
  • hook
  • pull
  • pull rank idiom
  • pull the strings idiom
  • putty
  • regimentation
  • rein

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