command

1. V-T If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it. 命令[書(shū)面]

He commanded his troops to attack. 他命令他的部隊(duì)進(jìn)攻。

"Get in your car and follow me," she commanded. “上車(chē)然后跟我來(lái)，”她命令道。

2. N-VAR Command is also a noun. 命令

The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop. 油輪未能對(duì)停止前進(jìn)的指令做出反應(yīng)。

I closed my eyes at his command. 我聽(tīng)從他的命令閉上了眼睛。

3. V-T If you command something such as respect or obedience, you obtain it because you are popular, famous, or important. 博得[no cont]

...an excellent physician who commanded the respect of all her colleagues. …一位博得所有同事尊敬的杰出醫(yī)生。

4. V-T If an army or country commands a place, they have total control over it. 完全控制

Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea. 也門(mén)完全控制著紅海南端的海峽。

5. N-UNCOUNT Command is also a noun. 完全控制權(quán)

...the struggle for command of the air. …對(duì)制空權(quán)的爭(zhēng)奪。

6. V-T An officer who commands part of an army, navy, or air force is responsible for controlling and organizing it. 指揮

...the French general who commands the U.N. troops in the region. …指揮著這一地區(qū)聯(lián)合國(guó)部隊(duì)的法國(guó)將軍。

7. N-UNCOUNT Command is also a noun. 指揮

...a small garrison under the command of Major James Craig. …一小支在詹姆斯·克雷格少校指揮下的衛(wèi)戍部隊(duì)。

8. N-COUNT-COLL In the armed forces, a command is a group of officers who are responsible for organizing and controlling part of an army, navy, or air force. 指揮部

He had authorization from the military command to retaliate. 他得到了軍事指揮部進(jìn)行還擊的授權(quán)。

9. N-COUNT In computing, a command is an instruction that you give to a computer. 指令

I entered the command into my navigational computer. 我把指令輸入了我的導(dǎo)航計(jì)算機(jī)。

10. N-UNCOUNT If someone has command of a situation, they have control of it because they have, or seem to have, power or authority. 控制 (局面等)

Mr. Baker would take command of the campaign. 貝克先生將負(fù)責(zé)這次運(yùn)動(dòng)。

11. N-UNCOUNT Your command of something, such as a foreign language, is your knowledge of it and your ability to use this knowledge. 掌握

His command of English was excellent. 他的英語(yǔ)相當(dāng)出色。

12. PHRASE If you have a particular skill or particular resources at your command, you have them and can use them fully. 掌控

The country should have the right to defend itself with all legal means at its command. 這個(gè)國(guó)家應(yīng)該有權(quán)動(dòng)用它所掌控的所有法律手段來(lái)捍衛(wèi)自己。