rule (over sb / sth) to have the power over a country, etc.统治；控制；支配◆He once ruled over a vast empire.他曾经统治着一个庞大的帝国。◆A military government ruled the country for over a decade.军政府统治了这个国家十多年。◆ (figurative) His whole life was ruled by his ambition to become a millionaire.想成为百万富翁的野心支配着他的一生。 |