英语释义

• be master; reign or rule

片语

hold sway over a region称雄

rule over统治；支配

Curs hold sway小人当道

Flowers hold sway花草当道

Bad people hold sway小人当道

Luxury hold sway奢华当道

take the reins支配；掌握

hold sway over有左右(…的)力量

英汉例句

• he proposes that rome should allow the parthians to hold sway over the territory east of the euphrates.

  他提议罗马允许帕提亚人统治幼发拉底河东部的领土。

• mr abbott has vowed to block it in the senate before the greens hold sway there.

  艾伯特发誓，要在绿党在参议院获得决定权之前，阻止这项税收通过。

• but the fig tree replied, 「should i give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?」

  无花果树回答说:「我岂肯止住所结甜美的果子，飘摇在众树之上呢？」

• with this action, american officials hope that, in turn, restrictions on foreign firms doing business in china will be relaxed, especially those that hold sway over securities trading.

  通过这个举措他们希望可以得到一些相应的回报------放宽外资银行在中国投资的种种限制，特别是那些在证券交易处于主导地位的大公司。

• evangelical christians, a large and powerful constituency, still revere israel as ordained by god to hold sway over the holy land.

  福音派基督教徒，一个强大的选民团体，仍然坚信以色列是受上帝的指派对圣地进行统治。

• despite globalisation, local differences still hold sway over mass retailing, says sir terry.

  尽管全球化趋势不断加强，地方差异性依然主宰着大型零售业，terry说。

• to what extent will the 「post-olympics」 china hold sway over the current international order? the pundits around the world buzzed incessantly.

  「后奥运时代」的中国将对现有国际秩序带来何种程度的影响或沖击？

• but traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons over daughters.

  但是传统观念在你身边无处不在，其中最重要的一点是重男轻女。

• no longer do they hold sway over you, as you have become aware of their covert plans to put you under their complete control.

  他们完全无法再支配你们，因为你们已经完全了解他们企图把你们控制在他们魔掌下的计划。

• you are part of the new middle class; your income is rising; you want a small family. but traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons over daughters.

  假设你是新兴中产阶级的一分子，你的收入在增加，而你不希望要太多的孩子，但传统的观念对你还有着无时不刻的影响，而最重要的影响则体现在重男轻女的思想上。

• they hold sway in oil, gas, tourism and telecoms.

  他们掌控石油、天然气、旅游和电信。

• don't let ego hold sway and distract you with whether or not we are getting credit and validation.

  不要让自我意识支配了你，也不要纠结于是否能得到别人的认可。

• this is only in effect upon an individual level and does not hold sway over planetary or social complexes.

  这个作用的范围只是以个人为基準，并不会影响星球或社会复合体。

• can regimes that are failing their people so clearly really hold sway over some 350m people indefinitely?

  这些如此让民众失望的政权真的能够无限期的统治3.5亿阿拉伯人吗？