govern
/ˈgʌvən/verb
with obj.
1
- conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people)统治; 治理; 管理：
he was incapable of governing the country
他没有能力管理这个国家
as adj. governing the governing coalition.统治联盟。
1.1
- control, influence, or regulate (a person, action, or course of events)控制; 影响; 调整（个人、行动或事件的过程）：
the future of Jamaica will be governed by geography not history.
牙买加的未来将由地理而不是历史来决定。
1.2
govern oneself
conduct oneself, especially with regard to controlling one's emotions抑制, 克制（尤指控制某人的情绪）：the rabbinic system that delineates how a devout Jew governs himself.
描述了一个虔诚的犹太教徒如何自控的拉比著作体系。
2
- constitute a law, rule, standard, or principle for成为…的法律（规则, 标准或原理）：
constant principles govern the poetic experience.
指导诗歌创作的恒定准则。
2.1
- serve to decide (a legal case)可用来裁定（某案例）。
3
- Grammar (of a word) require that (another word or group of words) be in a particular case【语法】支配：
the Latin preposition'cum' governs nouns in the ablative.
拉丁介词"cum"支配离格名词。
派生词
governability
noungovernable
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French governer, from Latin gubernare 'to steer, rule', from Greek kubernan 'to steer'.