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governed

/guhv-ern/US // ˈgʌv ərn //UK // (ˈɡʌvən) //

治理的,治理好的,管辖的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
    • : to exercise a directing or restraining influence over; guide: the motives governing a decision.
    • : to hold in check; control: to govern one's temper.
    • : to serve as or constitute a law for: the principles governing a case.
    • : Grammar. to be regularly accompanied by or require the use of. In They helped us, the verb helped governs the objective case of the pronoun we.
    • : to regulate the speed of with a governor.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to exercise the function of government.
    • : to have predominating influence.

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Examples

  • Throughout his career, Ramaphosa has shown himself, says Butler, “to be a genuine believer in rule-governed behavior.”

  • Democrats will message to their voters that they need a governing majority in Washington to improve health care, the climate, pass coronavirus relief and any other number of issues.

  • Republicans picked up the New Hampshire House and Senate, giving them total control over governing in that state because they also kept the governor’s mansion.

  • Vargas, a former Planned Parenthood executive and a Southwestern College governing board member, has grounded her vision for what the county should do in her experience in health care and social services.

  • As Joe often says, he is campaigning as a Democrat, but he will govern as President for all of America.

  • He campaigned and governed in poetry, and we are all the richer for it.

  • Living in a society openly governed by force with those who have demonstrated their familiarity with it increases the danger.

  • Our Western propaganda was in that sense entirely true: the East German régime was indeed hated by those it governed.

  • What the record really shows is just how much the fate of the Presidency is governed by the vagaries of chance.

  • Does government enhance or diminish the safety of the governed?

  • Because the universe is governed by laws, and there is no credible instance on record of those laws being suspended.

  • The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.

  • Thus will my beloved country be governed, without detriment to the integrity of Spain.

  • If it is to be performed in another place, then the parties must be governed by the law of that place in performing it.

  • But to a man of Marmont's character one word of warning was enough; his head governed his heart; glory was his loadstar.