lord it over
collocation对……盛气凌人；在……面前作威作福
He likes to lord it over his younger brother.
他喜欢对弟弟盛气凌人。
作威作福；称王称霸
Lords — third person singular of lord
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作威作福；称王称霸
to domineer or act like a lord
The manager lords over his employees with an iron fist.
经理用铁腕手段统治他的员工。
常与 over 连用：lord it over sb 对某人指手画脚
专横或像领主一样行事
To domineer or act like a lord.
授予领主的尊严、权力和特权；授予领主称号
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
lord
Base
原形
lords
3rd person
第三人称单数
lording
-ing
现在分词
lorded
Past
过去式
lorded
Past participle
过去分词
He lords over his subordinates.
他对下属作威作福。
He lorded it over everyone at the party.
他在派对上对所有人都趾高气扬。
He is lording it over his friends right now.
他现在正在对朋友们摆架子。
规则动词，意为‘称王、作威作福’或‘使成贵族’。
She doesn't like being lorded over by anyone.
她不喜欢被任何人统治。
In the old kingdom, the king lorded it over all the neighboring lands.
在古代王国，国王统治着所有邻近的土地。
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对……盛气凌人；在……面前作威作福
He likes to lord it over his younger brother.
他喜欢对弟弟盛气凌人。
对……颐指气使；对……盛气凌人
The new manager lorded it over everyone in the office.
新来的经理在办公室里对每个人颐指气使。
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把 Lord 当动词记：领主(Lord)发号施令，'lord it over' 就是对人颐指气使、作威作福。看到动词 lord，就想到老爷架子。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话（批评某人摆架子、盛气凌人）、历史或正式场合（授予贵族称号） 作动词时，常见搭配是“lord it over”，表示“对……作威作福/盛气凌人”，多用于日常批评或描述优越感；较少见的正式用法是“封……为勋爵／授予贵族头衔”，多见于历史或正式语境。因此实际使用时应根据搭配和语境选择正式或非正式的说法。
作威作福时常用短语 lord it over；做及物动词表示使成贵族，较少用。
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