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■ rule作为表示“统治”的动词(延续的第二类动词),to rule 可以是及物或不及物的,不过作为及物动词,“统治”的意义有时候可以比较抽象。 - If I ruled the world...我假如统治全世界的话…
- Their lives are ruled by fear.他们在恐惧中生活。
- Don't be ruled by what he says.他说的话别拿来作准。
有时候 to rule 作为及物动词也可以指具体的、政治上的统治。 - The junta went on ruling the country.军人委员会继续统治着这个国家。
此时,to rule (vt)与 to rule (vi) over 意义没有多大分别,都是指比较具体的统治。 - He ruled over a vast kingdom.他统治着一个幅员广阔的王国。
- They resent being ruled over by a dictatorial boss.他们不满自己被一个专横的上级所支配。
- Only seventy years ago, Great Britain ruled over more than one quarter of the land surface of the planet. (The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007)仅仅七十年前,英国还统治着地球陆地表面的四分之一以上。
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