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. 统治
They go to the polls on Friday to choose the people they want to govern their country. 他们周五去投票站选出他们希望来治理国家的人。
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. 海上保险受一系列严格的规章条例所制约。

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.