B2 [ I or T ] to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.统治;管理;治理
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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.
[ T ] to have a controlling influence on something支配;控制;影响
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