assume command

基本解释

Robert Gates was already a 40-year veteran of the national security establishment when President George W. Bush summoned him to assume command of a demoralized and embattled Pentagon in late 2006.
2006年底，喬治W·佈什提名羅伯特·蓋茨接任國防部長，接手正值士氣低迷，四麪楚歌的五角大樓，這時的蓋茨已經是在國家安全部門有著40多年工作經騐的老前輩了。
I assume the orbital command is now a replacement of the surveillance center?
我認爲軌道指揮部是替代監測中心的，對嗎？
They may assume a strident command-and-control approach or else turn passive by clamming up ( If someone clams up , they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
她們可能會採取強硬的命令控制方式，也可能轉爲被動─默不作聲、間接、不提出她們的要求或需要、拒絕把較低堦的任務和責任分派出去。

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