Word · Frequency #3868
reigns
统治；当政
reigns is the third person singular of reign.
To rule as a monarch; to exercise sovereign power.
- 1.
To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
行使主权,作为君主统治。
- 2.
To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
成为最近一次比赛的获胜者。
- 3.
To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
成为一个地方或情况的主导特征；占优势,主导,统治。
卫冕；蝉联；盛行；占主导地位；行使主权,作为君主统治。；成为最近一次比赛的获胜者。；成为一个地方或情况的主导特征；占优势,主导,统治。
In use
Queen Elizabeth I reigned for 45 years.
In a constitutional monarchy, the king reigns but does not rule.
Chaos reigned in the city after the earthquake.
Verb forms
base reign · third person reigns · -ing reigning · past reigned · past participle reigned
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- reign over
- 统治；管辖
- Queen Victoria reigned over Britain for over sixty years.维多利亚女王统治英国六十多年。
- reigning champion
- 现任冠军；卫冕冠军
- The reigning champion has yet to be defeated this season.卫冕冠军本赛季尚未被击败。
- reign supreme
- 占主导地位；处于支配地位
- In her paintings, color reigns supreme.在她的画作中，色彩占据主导地位。
- chaos reigned
- 一片混乱；混乱占主导
- After the announcement, chaos reigned in the crowded hall.公告发布后，拥挤的大厅里一片混乱。
Idioms & figurative uses
- reign supreme
- 占主导地位；称霸In the world of search engines, Google still reigns supreme.在搜索引擎领域，谷歌仍然占据主导地位。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：reign 与 rain（雨）同音，把词中 g 想象成国王的权杖——国王在雨中执杖统治，便是 reign。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：历史叙述、体育报道、文学描写 reign 的不同义项使用语境不同：表示“君主统治”时偏正式，常见于历史叙述；表示“卫冕”时多见于体育报道；表示“盛行、弥漫”时多用于文学或书面描写。口语中不常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
rain、rein、train、brain 都读 /reɪn/，与 reign 押韵；注意 rein 是 reign 的同音异形词。foreign /ˈfɒrən/ 和 sovereign /ˈsɒvrɪn/ 虽然拼写中都含有 reign，但发音并不相同，不能读成 /reɪn/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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