Word · Frequency #2166
command
命令；责令
核心释义
To tell someone to do something with authority; to demand or order.
- 1.
命令,下令；以权威迫使或指挥。
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- 2.
拥有或行使最高权力、控制或权威,尤指军事上的；使受指挥或控制。
To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
- 3.
以权威要求；命令,责令,告诫。
To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- 4.
凭借能力、资源、地位等支配；俯瞰。
to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- 5.
通过影响强取、迫使或获得；应得,索取。
To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- 6.
持有,控制使用。
To hold, to control the use of.
指挥；统率；赢得；博得；掌握；运用；支配；俯瞰；命令,下令；以权威迫使或指挥。
用法In use
The general commanded his troops to advance immediately.
用法提示：动词，表示下达命令
She commands a team of twenty engineers.
用法提示：动词，表示指挥或领导
The king commanded that the castle be fortified.
用法提示：动词，表示正式命令
command sb to do sth
command sb to do sth 表示命令某人做某事，语气正式，多用于军事或权威语境。
The general commanded his troops to retreat.
将军命令他的部队撤退。
command that + clause
command 后的 that 从句常用 should + 动词原形，或直接用动词原形（虚拟语气），多见于正式或军事语境。
The officer commanded that the gates be closed at once.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- command respect
- 赢得尊重；博得尊敬
- Her honesty commanded everyone's respect.她的诚实赢得了大家的尊重。
- command attention
- 吸引注意；引起关注
- The speaker commanded the attention of the whole audience.演讲者吸引了全体听众的注意。
- command a view
- 俯瞰；眺望
- The castle commands a view over the valley.这座城堡俯瞰山谷。
- command an army
- 指挥军队；统率军队
- He was appointed to command the army during the war.战争期间他被任命指挥军队。
- command obedience
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：指挥官（commander）发令时大喊“command”，士兵齐步走——command=命令、指挥。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：military command、official orders、formal directives 这里指“命令、下令”的动词用法。该词多用于正式场合或军事指挥等语境，日常口语中比较少见，常说 tell 或 order。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
US: command ends in a stressed /ænd/, so these words rhyme with it. Lookalikes such as mandate /ˈmændeɪt/ and commend /kəˈmend/ do not rhyme. In British English, command and demand often have /ɑːnd/ (kəˈmɑːnd, dɪˈmɑːnd), while hand, land, stand, and band keep /ænd/.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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