Word · Frequency #2166
commanding
命令；责令
commanding is the present participle of command.
To tell someone to do something with authority; to demand or order.
- 1.
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
命令,下令；以权威迫使或指挥。
- 2.
To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
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。
- 3.
To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
以权威要求；命令,责令,告诫。
- 4.
to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
凭借能力、资源、地位等支配；俯瞰。
- 5.
To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
通过影响强取、迫使或获得；应得,索取。
- 6.
To hold, to control the use of.
持有,控制使用。
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。
In use
The general commanded his troops to advance immediately.
She commands a team of twenty engineers.
The king commanded that the castle be fortified.
Verb forms
base command · third person commands · -ing commanding · past commanded · past participle commanded
Connections
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
- 命令服从；要求绝对服从
- The general commanded absolute obedience from his troops.将军命令他的部队绝对服从。
- command a high price
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：指挥官（commander）发令时大喊“command”，士兵齐步走——command=命令、指挥。
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。
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/.
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
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