governed
past simple and past participle ofgovern
| 单词 | governed |
| 释义 | governed past simple and past participle ofgovern govern verb uk/ˈɡʌv.ən/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn/governverb(RULE)B2[IorT] tocontrolanddirectthepublicbusinessof acountry,city,groupofpeople, etc.: Thecountryhas been governed bymilitaryregimes. Apresidentneedspopularsupportinorderto governeffectively.
Ruling & governing
governverb(INFLUENCE)[T] to have acontrollinginfluenceon something: Prices ofgoodsare governed by thecostof therawmaterials, as well as by thecostofproductionanddistribution. Controlling and being in charge
Examplesofgovernedgoverned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The choice among all the actions that are simultaneously enabled at the same state isgovernedby the race policy. From theCambridge English Corpus It may not be an ordinary material object, but it is somethinggovernedby laws of nature, something to which causal powers are ascribed. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the link between the predictor and predicted variable may begovernedby several mechanisms that are not mutually exclusive. From theCambridge English Corpus This could only refine their knowledge of the laws whichgovernedfacial expression. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter increases along the path of the ion into the target; the former isgovernedby the final focusing system. From theCambridge English Corpus The disordered children allow a test of the idea that their development isgovernedby the same or different factors. From theCambridge English Corpus Odour dispersion isgovernedby molecular diffusion in still air, heavier molecules being slower. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, syntax must analyse the blocks and decide what is the governing/obliging part and what is thegoverned/ obliged part of the whole. From theCambridge English Corpus Long-standing conventionsgovernedassociations between instrument types and particular settings: trumpets and drums evoked warfare, flutes divinities, oboes the pastoral. From theCambridge English Corpus The choice of those variables isgovernedby energy consumption considerations (in terms of actuator inputs u). From theCambridge English Corpus They came to the conclusion that optokinetic eye movements in translating crabs weregovernedby stationary contours in the visual field. From theCambridge English Corpus Substitutability of goods in consumption isgovernedby (0, 1); near 1 implies that goods are fully substitutable and firms are perfectly competitive. From theCambridge English Corpus As this expression shows, the behavior of real money balances isgovernedby a deterministic difference equation. From theCambridge English Corpus The relations between them must begovernedaccording to forms external to and independent of the particular individuals affected. From theCambridge English Corpus Good fiscal housekeeping became an obligation that (supposedly)governedthe behaviour of prudent consumers, corporate managers and national governments alike. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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