Wield
[wiːld] or [wild]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) handle effectively; 'The burglar wielded an axe'; 'The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well'.
(verb.) have and exercise; 'wield power and authority'.
安琪編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
(v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
(v. t.) To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
整理:理查德
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Handle, brandish.[2]. Manage, use, control, make use of.
整理:莱昂内尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Manage, handle, employ, sway, brandish
ANT:Mismanage, misemploy, discard, resign, depose, surrender, deposit, abdicate
整理:塔尼娅
解釋/意思:
v.t. to use with full command: to manage: to use.—adj. Wiel′dable capable of being wielded.—ns. Wiel′der; Wiel′diness.—adjs. Wield′less (Spens.) not capable of being wielded unmanageable; Wiel′dy capable of being wielded: manageable: dexterous active.—Wield the sceptre to have supreme command or control.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But I trust, sir,' said Pott, 'that I have never abused the enormous power I wield. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And anxious thoughts may be swept away, As we bravely wield a broom. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Good-by, Solomon, he added, trying to wield his stick again, but failing now that he had reversed the handle. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You could not wield a sword? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But unseen voices may emanate from unseen and unseeable creatures who wield invisible blades, answered the green warrior. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Every time their eyes met, I saw more and more what a tremendous power that weak, diffident school-girl could wield if she chose to do it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Can I be so weak as to imagine that Mr. Micawber, wielding the rod of talent and of power in Australia, will be nothing in England? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The use of electricity is so common today that the average person does not stop to think of it as a magical power wielding a tremendous influence for betterment in every-day affairs. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The nervous arm that wielded it, with such a gigantic force on public characters, was paralysed beneath the glance of the imperious Mrs. Pott. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- This very sword has cloven hundreds of Saracen Knights from crown to chin in those old times when Godfrey wielded it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Dost thou hear the hammer of Thor, Wielded in his gloves of iron? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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