govern

英 ['gʌv(ə)n] 美 ['ɡʌvɚn]

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※ 提供单词"govern"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

govern 统治，管理

来自拉丁语gubernare,驾驶，操纵，引申义管理，尤指政府，词源cybernetic, gubernatorial.

govern: govern: [13] Politicians’ clichés about ‘steering the ship of state’ are no new thing; for the distant ancestor of English govern is the Greek verb kubernan ‘steer a ship’ (source also of English cybernetics). It developed the metaphorical sense ‘guide, rule’, and it was this that passed with it via Latin gubernāre and Old French governer into English. The Latin form is preserved in gubernatorial ‘of a governor’ [18].
=> cybernetics, gubernatorial
govern (v.): late 13c., "to rule with authority," from Old French governer "steer, be at the helm of; govern, rule, command, direct" (11c., Modern French gouverner), from Latin gubernare "to direct, rule, guide, govern" (source also of Spanish gobernar, Italian governare), originally "to steer, to pilot," a nautical borrowing from Greek kybernan "to steer or pilot a ship, direct as a pilot," figuratively "to guide, govern" (the root of cybernetics). The -k- to -g- sound shift is perhaps via the medium of Etruscan. Intransitive sense from 1590s. Related: Governed; governing.

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1. The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.: 各加盟共和国开始要求获得自治权。

2. The govern-ment will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.: 政府将继续努力重建内城地区。

3. The govern-ment gave 30 million marks for new school books.: 政府拨款3000万马克用于购置学校的新教材。

5. The govern-ment cannot afford to alienate either group.: 疏远两个团体中的任何一方都是政府承受不起的。