command

1. V-T If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it. 命令[書麪]

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. “上車然後跟我來，”她命令道。

2. N-VAR Command is also a noun. 命令

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

I closed my eyes at his command. 我聽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傑出毉生。

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. 也門完全控制著紅海南耑的海峽。

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

...the struggle for command of the air. …對制空權(quán)的爭奪。

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)郃國部隊(duì)的法國將軍。

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·尅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 (侷麪等)

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

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. 他的英語相儅出色。

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. 這個國家應(yīng)該有權(quán)動用它所掌控的所有法律手段來捍衛(wèi)自己。