govern
verb uk/ˈɡʌv.ən/ us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn/
(RULE)
B2 [ I or T ]统治;管理;治理
to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.
The country has been governed by military regimes. 这个国家现在由军政府控制。
A president needs popular support in order to govern effectively. 总统需要大众的支持方能有效治理国家。
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- 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.
(INFLUENCE)
[ T ]支配；控制；影响
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. 商品的价格不但取决于生产和运销成本，而且取决于原材料的价格。