govern

柯林斯词典

1. V-T To govern a place such as a country, or its people, means to be officially in charge of the place, and to have responsibility for making laws, managing the economy, and controlling public services. 統治
They go to the polls on Friday to choose the people they want to govern their country. 他們周五去投票站選出他們希望來治理國家的人。
2. V-T If a situation or activity is governed by a particular factor, rule, or force, it is controlled by that factor, rule, or force. 控制
Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations. 海上保險受一系列嚴格的槼章條例所制約。

We are governed, in Lord Hailsham's famous phrase, by an 'elective dictatorship '.
The country's being governed by a bunch of incompetents .
He was chosen to govern the colony by the British government .
He has been governing the country since taking power in a military coup .
Another defeat in parliament would seriously weaken the president's ability to govern.