govern |?g?vn| v、治理;執(zhí)政，支配;決定
一、感受單詞本質(zhì)
1、英文釋義
①V-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(tǒng)治
例句：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。
②V-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
例句：Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations、海上保險(xiǎn)受一系列嚴(yán)格的規(guī)章條例所制約。
2、常見搭配to govern：統(tǒng)治，治理，衡平
3、近義詞：rule統(tǒng)治，裁決manage經(jīng)營，管理verdict裁決command命令
4、形近詞：groan呻吟，抱怨guard保護(hù)，守衛(wèi)
5、單詞感覺：“主宰”
二．記住單詞含義
govern（govern-ment政府，-ment名詞后綴）→治理;執(zhí)政，支配;決定
三、學(xué)習(xí)單詞應(yīng)用
1、真題例句：Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection,perhaps the world’s languages,music,social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features、（2012-新題型）
參考譯文：正如人類五花八門的求偶儀式可能都被認(rèn)為是性選擇的形式，也許世界上的語言、音樂、社會和宗教習(xí)俗，甚至歷史也都受到普遍特征的支配。
2、真題例句：But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity,any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business、（2006-翻譯）
參考譯文：但是普通科學(xué)家的首要任務(wù)并不是考慮支配自己行動的道德規(guī)范，正如我們并不指望商人專注于探索商業(yè)行為準(zhǔn)則一樣。
