Word · Frequency #960
directs
管理；控制；引导
directs is the third person singular of direct.
核心释义
To manage, control, or steer something.
- 1.
管理,控制,指挥
To manage, control, steer.
- 2.
有权命令
command with authority
- 3.
将(某物)瞄准(另一物)
To aim (something) at (something else).
- 4.
意图(某物)朝特定目标移动
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- 5.
指引或指示(某人)正确的路线或方向；引导
To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
- 6.
指导演员(在戏剧和电影中)
guide the actors in (plays and films)
- 7.
以权威指示；作为上级指示；命令
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
把…对准；使…朝向；针对；指路；指引；介绍；导演；执导；命令；指示；指令；管理,控制,指挥
用法In use
The manager directed her team to complete the project by Friday.
用法提示：directed 表示以权威下命令。
He directed the flashlight toward the dark corner.
用法提示：directed 表示将某物朝向特定目标移动。
The director is directing a new play at the local theater.
用法提示：directing 表示指导演员表演。
He directed the children to do their homework
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
direct sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- direct a film
- 导演一部电影
- She directed a critically acclaimed film last year.她去年导演了一部广受好评的电影。
- direct attention to
- 把注意力引向
- The teacher directed our attention to the blackboard.老师把我们的注意力引向黑板。
- direct traffic
- 指挥交通
- Police officers directed traffic after the accident.事故发生后，警察指挥交通。
- direct someone's gaze
- 引导某人的目光
- He directed her gaze toward the painting.他引导她的目光看向那幅画。
- direct an investigation
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
简单联想：导演（director）直接（direct）指导演员。
语境与语域Context & Register
多用于正式命令、方向指示或导演指导等场景，整体偏中性至正式，具体语境决定
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhyme: words ending in -ect with stress on the final syllable, such as correct, protect, detect, effect, select, inject (/-ɛkt/). Lookalike warning: 'discreet' and 'discrete' are spelled similarly but pronounced with /-iːt/ (as in 'street') and do not rhyme.
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 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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