| 单词 | commanding |
| 释义 | commanding (once / 312 pages) adj Something that's commanding is lofty, high, or impressive. Your thirtieth-floor apartment gives you a commanding view of the city. In the old days, noblemen built their castles up high on hills so they'd have commanding positions over the surrounding countryside: in other words, the height of the castle gave its inhabitants a certain sense of dominance, both symbolically and practically. In the 16th century, this adjective meant "nobly dignified," as a commander might be, and by about 1630, it came to mean "dominant by virtue of size or position." WORD FAMILYcommanding: commandingly+/command: commandant, commanded, commander, commanding, commandment, commands, self-command/commandant: commandants/commander: commanders, commandership, commandery/commandership: commanderships/commandery: commanderies/commandment: commandments USAGE EXAMPLESThe investigative reporting is as strong as the film-making, fearless and commanding. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) But he became much admired for developing a style that combined fingerpicking precision on the one hand with a commanding slide on the other. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Military Academy graduate, fatally shot himself at Belmead after commanding Confederate troops in the First Battle of Bull Run. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) adj used of a height or viewpoint a commanding view of the ocean Syn dominating, overlooking high (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') |
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