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commanding

/kuh-man-ding, -mahn-/US // kəˈmæn dɪŋ, -ˈmɑn- //UK // (kəˈmɑːndɪŋ) //

指挥性的,指挥性,指挥,指挥的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being in command: a commanding officer.
    • : appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable: a commanding position; a commanding lead in the final period.
    • : having the air, tone, etc., of command; imposing; authoritative: a man of commanding appearance; a commanding voice.
    • : dominating by position, usually elevation; overlooking: a commanding bluff at the mouth of the river.
    • : provided by a commanding location and so permitting dominance: a commanding view of the mouth of the river.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.superior, authoritative

Examples

  • By automating the use of these technologies, Ginkgo’s backers believe, the company is uniquely positioned to take a commanding position.

  • Although the Blues earned a draw, they believed they could have won and taken a commanding edge into the return leg.

  • That would almost certainly be Republican Marco Contreras, a businessman, who had a commanding hold on second place in the early vote totals.

  • The Big Ten offensive player of the year just threw a 12-yard touchdown to tight end Jeremy Ruckert to take a commanding 35-14 lead over Clemson with a trip to the national championship game on the line.

  • The regulatory approval was expected, but it gives Tesla the official go-ahead to sell a new vehicle to the world’s fast-growing electric vehicle market—a market where it already has a commanding lead over rivals.

  • This is both an outstanding work of scholarship and a commanding visual document.

  • As his later wartime record would show, Jackson was extremely competent in the many skills required of a commanding general.

  • Early polling shows her with a commanding—if not outright prohibitive—lead among Democratic voters.

  • At one point the commanding general, General Throckmorton, was told that there was gunfire raking a street.

  • Scourges, he says, “are killers who act, momentarily, as agents freed from sacred order and its commanding truths.”

  • Her tall figure—she was taller than he by at least three inches—was beautiful in its commanding, yet not vulgar, self-possession.

  • Soon afterwards Cox, commanding the 29th Indian Brigade, came on board to make his salaam.

  • She did not appear conscious that she had done anything unusual in commanding his presence.

  • These may be said to be pure in tone, but not possessing the other requisites they fail in commanding attention.

  • The Marshal's arguments seemed about to prevail when news arrived that Bruyre, commanding the cavalry, was seriously wounded.