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| 1 | usually plural a long narrow piece of leather fastened to a horse’ s head that the rider uses to control the horse 缰绳 | | 1a | a set of bands fastened around a small child that an adult holds so that the child can walk alone but cannot run away （成人牵引幼儿用的）安全绳套 | | |
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| 2 | reins plural control of a company , government , or organization （对公司、政府或机构的）控制（权） | the reins of power/government/state It’ s his deputy who really holds the reins of power. 他的代理人才真正掌管着权力。 | | hand/take over the reins (=give someone control of something or take control of it) Hiroshi Okuda took over the reins of Toyota in August 1995. 移交/接收权力 | | hold the reins (=be the person who controls something) the designers who hold the creative reins at Dior fashion house 支配；控制；掌管 | |
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| - | give (full) rein to sth/give sth (full) rein
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| to let your imagination or feelings develop in an uncontrolled way |
| 放任（想象力或感情）；对…不加约束 |
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| She could not resist finally giving rein to her anger. 最后她忍不住发怒了。 |
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