| 单词 | take the helm |
| 释义 | take the helmtake the helm a) to start being in charge of something such as a business or organization 开始掌管 Wright took the helm at the food retailer in December 2001. 赖特于2001年12月开始掌管这家食品零售公司。 b) to start guiding a ship or boat 开始掌舵 Examples from the Corpus take the helm• Maher, 52, takes the helm at a time of consolidation and competition in the banking industry.• Julia, 45, will now deputise for anchorman Trevor McDonald, taking the helm only on Sunday evenings and holidays.• I have decided that now is the time to retire as Captain and that some one else should take the helm.• The coxswain and the quartermaster were killed at the wheel, and Nigel Tibbets took the helm.• Instead he told her to take the helm.• Young said he had fulfilled a promise he made when taking the helm in 1969. → take the helm at helm(2) |
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