Wield



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.支配, 掌权
• ［英］ v.支配, 掌权 ( to have at one's command or disposal)
• ［记］ 参考:unwieldy ( 笨重的)
• ［同］ 参考: unwieldy ( 笨重的)
• ［例］ Wield the two languages with equal facility.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English welden to control, from Old English wieldan; akin to Old High German waltan to rule, Latin valēre to be strong, be worth
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. chiefly dialect to deal successfully with ; manage
• 2. to handle (as a tool) especially effectively <wield a broom>
• 3.
  • a. to exert one's authority by means of <wield influence>
  • b. have at one's command or disposal <did not wield appropriate credentials — G. W. Bonham>
• ? wielder noun

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